linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: r8188eu: Remove the dependency on ipx.h

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Date:   Mon, 16 Aug 2021 10:10:23 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Cai Huoqing <caihuoqing@...du.com>
Cc:     dan.carpenter@...cle.com, yangyingliang@...wei.com,
        linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: r8188eu: Remove the dependency on ipx.h

On Mon, Aug 16, 2021 at 03:54:06PM +0800, Cai Huoqing wrote:
> commit <47595e32869f> ("<MAINTAINERS: Mark some staging directories>")
> indicated the ipx network layer as obsolete in Jan 2018,
> updated in the MAINTAINERS file
> 
> now, after being exposed for 3 years to refactoring,
> so to remove the dependency on ipx.h
> 
> Signed-off-by: Cai Huoqing <caihuoqing@...du.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_br_ext.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

See:
	https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210816073450.668993-2-gregkh@linuxfoundation.org

for a different approach to this.

thanks,

greg k-h