linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] staging: wlan-ng: Remove broken driver prism2

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Message-ID: <2024032616-hangnail-petunia-4b07@gregkh>
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2024 17:05:30 +0100
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: Philipp Hortmann <philipp.g.hortmann@...il.com>
Cc: linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] staging: wlan-ng: Remove broken driver prism2_usb

On Tue, Mar 26, 2024 at 09:47:42AM +0100, Philipp Hortmann wrote:
> Driver has a throughput of 200 to 800kByte/s in non encrypted
> transmission. All encrypted modes are not working. WLAN without WPA2 is
> useless these days. Driver is unused since April 2021 as a bug broke the
> function. Find fix for bug in link below. Remove driver because of its
> low performance and unusability.
> 
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-staging/5fa18cb8-3c51-4ac6-811e-63ae74f82f17@gmail.com/
> Signed-off-by: Philipp Hortmann <philipp.g.hortmann@...il.com>
> ---
> v2: rebase and improved description
> 
> Checked for artifacts of wlan-ng and prism2_usb in MAINTAINERS.
> Removed artifacts in Makefile.
> Used the following hardware for tests: D-Link DWL-122 and Sinus 111
> Tested with build and make clean to ensure that all is OK.

Nice, always glad to remove code, now queued up!

greg k-h