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Message-ID: <9578ec97-bca8-6335-4f84-9b6fa6c59522@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2023 21:33:43 +0100
From: Philipp Hortmann <philipp.g.hortmann@...il.com>
To: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, patches@...ts.linux.dev,
Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>,
Martin Kaiser <martin@...ser.cx>,
Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>,
Phillip Potter <phil@...lpotter.co.uk>,
Pavel Skripkin <paskripkin@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: r8188eu: delete driver
On 3/8/23 14:19, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> Now that the same hardware that the r8188eu driver supported is
> supported by the real wireless driver rtl8xxxu, the r8188eu driver can
> be deleted.
>
> Also the rtl8xxxu driver supports way more devices, and is a fraction of
> the overall size, making this a much better overall solution.
>
> Thanks to the r8188eu developers and maintainers and reviewers over the
> years, your work allowed Linux users to use their hardware before the
> real driver was implemented properly.
>
> Reported-by: Hans de Goede<hdegoede@...hat.com>
> Cc: Martin Kaiser<martin@...ser.cx>
> Cc: Larry Finger<Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
> Cc: Phillip Potter<phil@...lpotter.co.uk>
> Cc: Pavel Skripkin<paskripkin@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman<gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
New driver rtl8xxxu is working fine for me.
r8188eu is gone.
Thanks for your support.
Tested-by: Philipp Hortmann <philipp.g.hortmann@...il.com> # Edimax N150
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