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Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2024 11:04:33 +0100
From: Malcolm Priestley <tvboxspy@...il.com>
To: Philipp Hortmann <philipp.g.hortmann@...il.com>,
linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Teddy Engel <engel.teddy@...il.com>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
Michael Straube <straube.linux@...il.com>,
Sathish Kumar <skumark1902@...il.com>,
Florian Ziegler <florian.ziegler@...teo.de>,
Pritthijit Nath <pritthijit.nath@...oud.com>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
tdavies@...kphysics.net, m.omerfarukbulut@...il.com,
Dominik Karol PiÄ…tkowski
<dominik.karol.piatkowski@...tonmail.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC] staging: vt6656: Proposal to delete driver vt6656_stage
> 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.
> - ping times can be 17ms are often above 500ms and worst case 22 seconds.
Hmm I see the rtl8192e driver has also gone need to buy another device.
Looks like staging is closing down sale.
Yeah okay from me to delete vt6656_stage it will be stable for a few years.
Regards
Malcolm
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