linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: r8188eu: remove cfg80211 residuals

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Message-ID: <c2abe840-98b4-cddd-e427-2243d456ec19@lwfinger.net>
Date:   Thu, 12 Aug 2021 11:51:56 -0500
From:   Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
To:     Fabio Aiuto <fabioaiuto83@...il.com>, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org
Cc:     hdegoede@...hat.com, Phillip Potter <phil@...lpotter.co.uk>,
        Martin Kaiser <martin@...ser.cx>,
        Michael Straube <straube.linux@...il.com>,
        linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: r8188eu: remove cfg80211 residuals

On 8/12/21 8:27 AM, Fabio Aiuto wrote:
> remove cfg80211 implementation residuals:
> an headeer file and build condition in Kconfig
> file.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Fabio Aiuto<fabioaiuto83@...il.com>
> ---
> Dear Greg and Larry,
> I thought that cfg80211 had been implemented.
> Should we add a TODO file telling developers to
> do it in the near future? Is that a condition
> for mainlining r8188eu? If so please drop this
> patch and sorry for noise.

I thought so too, but something has gone very wrong. Please hold off on this 
patch until I figure out why cfg80211 is not being used.

Larry