linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 0/7] staging: rtl8188eu: replace driver with better version

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Message-ID: <YQAE1q9ZWRPHqfK5@kroah.com>
Date:   Tue, 27 Jul 2021 15:06:30 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Phillip Potter <phil@...lpotter.co.uk>
Cc:     Larry.Finger@...inger.net, dan.carpenter@...cle.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev,
        fabioaiuto83@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/7] staging: rtl8188eu: replace driver with better
 version

On Sat, Jul 24, 2021 at 01:10:48AM +0100, Phillip Potter wrote:
> I had to break this patchset up a bit to get around the file size limits
> on the mailing list, and also I removed the hostapd stuff which is
> userspace related and therefore not required.
> 
> The driver currently in staging is older and less functional than the
> version on Larry Finger's GitHub account, based upon v4.1.4_6773.20130222.
> This series of patches therefore:
> 
> (1) Removes the current driver from staging.
> (2) Imports the GitHub version mentioned above in its place.

Let's do (2) first before worrying about (1), given that we can't get a
version of (2) that actually builds yet :)

thanks,

greg k-h