linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: remove NDIS_802

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Message-Id: <DGBN50CI1K96.2HTTGYPMEK0QO@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2026 16:38:42 -0600
From: "Ethan Tidmore" <ethantidmore06@...il.com>
To: <markatbritain@...il.com>, <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc: <straube.linux@...il.com>, <dan.carpenter@...aro.org>,
 <linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: remove NDIS_802_11 types and
 cleanup style

On Tue Feb 10, 2026 at 4:15 PM CST, markatbritain wrote:
> From: Mark Wu <markatbritain@...il.com>
>
> The rtl8723bs driver contains legacy NDIS_802_11 definitions and
> typedefs that are not idiomatic to the Linux kernel. This patch
> replaces these with standard Linux types and enums where applicable
> to improve portability and readability.
>
> These changes bring the driver closer to the standard Linux kernel
> coding style and prepare it for eventual promotion out of staging.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mark Wu <markatbritain@...il.com>

Please split this up into a patch series. One logical change per patch.
For instance group the style fixes by their checkpatch.pl warnings.

Thanks,

ET