linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 04/10] wifi: remove obsolete hostap driver

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Message-ID: <87msw9z9rj.fsf@kernel.org>
Date:   Mon, 23 Oct 2023 17:36:00 +0300
From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@...nel.org>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>
Cc:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>,
        Claudiu Beznea <claudiu.beznea@...on.dev>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
        Geoff Levand <geoff@...radead.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Jeff Johnson <quic_jjohnson@...cinc.com>,
        Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>,
        Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>,
        Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@...rochip.com>,
        Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>, Stanislaw Gruszka <stf_xl@...pl>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/10] wifi: remove obsolete hostap driver

Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org> writes:

> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
>
> HostAP is an ISA/PCMCIA style 802.11b driver supporting only
> wireless extensions, and some custom ioctls (already removed).
> Some devices include a legacy PCI bridge but no DMA.
>
> The driver was marked obsolete in 2016 and is highly unlikely
> to still have any users.
>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>

This patch didn't make it to the list, I guess it was too big. But it's
available from the pending branch:

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wireless/wireless-next.git/commit/?h=pending&id=39ed2ce3bdc43bc9dbed65608d98828f21b9f33d

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