linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8192u: remove entry from Makefile

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Message-ID: <51fcd05c-cb8e-420f-be62-0c9ade82fbfb@leemhuis.info>
Date:   Tue, 17 Oct 2023 12:35:57 +0200
From:   Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@...mhuis.info>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Philipp Hortmann <philipp.g.hortmann@...il.com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8192u: remove entry from Makefile

On 17.10.23 10:13, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> In commit 697455ce4110 ("staging: rtl8192u: Remove broken driver"), the
> driver was removed, along with the Kconfig entry, but the Makefile line
> in drivers/staging/Makefile was not updated, so things like 'make clean'
> fail to work properly as they will decend into all subdirectories to try
> to clean things up.
> 
> Resolve this by removing the entry in the main staging Makefile.
> 
> Reported-by: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@...mhuis.info>
> Cc: Philipp Hortmann <philipp.g.hortmann@...il.com>
> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> Fixes: 697455ce4110 ("staging: rtl8192u: Remove broken driver")
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

Thx Greg, that fixed things for my case. In case anyone cares:

Tested-by: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@...mhuis.info>

Ciao, Thorsten