linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] staging: vt6655: Proposal to delete driver vt6655

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Message-ID: <2024100923-player-directive-ffa8@gregkh>
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2024 11:40:40 +0200
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,
	Tommaso Merciai <tomm.merciai@...il.com>,
	Richard Meek <osl2008@...glemail.com>,
	Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>, Xingquan Liu <b1n@....io>,
	Dominik Karol Piątkowski <dominik.karol.piatkowski@...tonmail.com>,
	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...aro.org>,
	Pavan Bobba <opensource206@...il.com>,
	Malcolm Priestley <tvboxspy@...il.com>,
	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC] staging: vt6655: Proposal to delete driver vt6655_stage

On Sun, Sep 29, 2024 at 10:09:02AM +0200, Philipp Hortmann wrote:
> Dear Sirs,
> 
> Forest Bond contributed this driver in 2009.
> 
> The following points let me propose to delete the driver:
> - This driver generates maintenance workload
> - This driver has a maximum 54MBit/s as it supports only 802.11 b/g. Peak
> throughput is 3MBytes/s but this lasts only for a second. Typically
> throughput is 1.7MBytes/s.
> - Depending on the number of devices on the channel the device looses
> connection and cannot reconnect for 5-60 seconds. Watching a youtube video
> is OK because of the buffer. But surfing can then be really a pain.
> - Its form factor is mini PCI (not miniPCIe) that is really old and large.
> - Hardly not to buy. (https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p4432023.m570.l1313&_nkw=vnt6655&_sacat=0)
> only 70$ ;-) including shipment.
> 
> Former Maintainer Forest Bond <forest@...ttletooquiet.net> is unreachable.
> 
> The staging subsystem needs to focus on drivers that support usable hardware
> that is available. Newbies can then get the hardware for some dollars and
> play around which is fun.
> 
> Please consider that support will remain for years in the longterm kernels.

No objection from me, please send a patch deleting it and I will be glad
to take it.

thanks,

greg k-h