linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/10] Remove obsolete and orphaned wifi drivers

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Date:   Tue, 31 Oct 2023 11:08:00 +0200
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>,
        Gregory Greenman <gregory.greenman@...el.com>,
        linuxppc-dev <linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/10] Remove obsolete and orphaned wifi drivers

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

> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
>
> As discussed previously, a lot of the older wifi drivers are likely
> entirely unused, Though we can't know for sure.
>
> As suggested by both Greg and Jakub, let's remove the ones that look
> are most likely to have no users left and also get in the way of the
> wext cleanup. If anyone is still using any of these, we can revert the
> driver removal individually.
>
> I would suggest merging these for net-next after 6.7-rc1 is out, to give
> them the maximum amount of time for users to speak up before a release
> comes out.
>
> This kills off all pcmcia wifi drivers, and all wext users in
> drivers/net/wireless, but not the ps3-gelic-wireless driver in
> drivers/net/ethernet, or the staging drivers.
>
> In staging, rtl8192u was already removed in the meantime, while rtl8712
> and rtl8192e are apparently still used.  I have not been able to find
> out whether ks7010 is still in use.
>
> 	Arnd
>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20231011080955.1beeb010@kernel.org/
>
>
> Arnd Bergmann (10):
>   wifi: libertas: drop 16-bit PCMCIA support
>   wifi: atmel: remove wext style at76c50x drivers
>   wifi: remove orphaned cisco/aironet driver
>   wifi: remove obsolete hostap driver
>   wifi: remove orphaned zd1201 driver
>   wifi: remove orphaned orinoco driver
>   wifi: remove orphaned ray_cs driver
>   wifi: remove orphaned wl3501 driver
>   wifi: remove orphaned rndis_wlan driver
>   [RFC] wifi: remove ipw2100/ipw2200 drivers

I manually applied these 9 to wireless-next:

4b478bf6bdd8 wifi: libertas: drop 16-bit PCMCIA support
77e49bec6414 wifi: atmel: remove wext style at76c50x drivers
6853c70ba5ed wifi: remove orphaned cisco/aironet driver
d0172d5f7576 wifi: remove obsolete hostap driver
757a46c2a7a9 wifi: remove orphaned zd1201 driver
1535d5962d79 wifi: remove orphaned orinoco driver
6b9dbaff83d6 wifi: remove orphaned ray_cs driver
238349207cd3 wifi: remove orphaned wl3501 driver
bec95598b24a wifi: remove orphaned rndis_wlan driver

I dropped this patch as we got several reports about people using the
driver:

[RFC] wifi: remove ipw2100/ipw2200 drivers

The patches are queued for v6.8. Arnd, thanks a lot for cleaning this
up!

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