linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] staging: r8188eu: remove 5 GHz channels from ch_freq

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Date:   Mon, 21 Feb 2022 20:07:38 +0100
From:   Michael Straube <straube.linux@...il.com>
To:     Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Larry.Finger@...inger.net, phil@...lpotter.co.uk,
        linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] staging: r8188eu: remove 5 GHz channels from
 ch_freq_map

On 2/21/22 18:13, Greg KH wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 20, 2022 at 04:48:45PM +0100, Michael Straube wrote:
>> This driver is for chips that operate only in the 2.4 GHz band.
> 
> How do we know that?
> 

The documentation that I've found for RTL8188EU and RTL8188ETV says
that both are 2.4 Ghz only chips.

Also the old rtl8188eu driver had a TODO item to remove code that is
only valid for 5 GHz.

So I thought this can be removed. Did I miss something?

regards,

Michael