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Message-Id: <20101020091541.ec00fe96.randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2010 09:15:41 -0700
From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
To: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@....com>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, gregkh <greg@...ah.com>
Subject: Re: Future of the Wimedia LLC Protocol (WLP) subsystem/drivers
On Tue, 19 Oct 2010 17:30:47 +0100 David Vrabel wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've have been nominally the maintainer of the Wimedia LLC Protocol
> (WLP) subsystem and driver since it was originally submitted. I am no
> longer in a position to even pretend to be a maintainer.
>
> The only usable hardware was an Intel i1480 devices with beta firmware
> that was never released as a product. Intel have since sold all there
> UWB/WLP IP and I see little prospect of there ever being hardware
> commercially available for WLP.
>
> Here are a number of options:
>
> 1. Someone else maintains it. Any volunteers?
>
> 2. It gets labelled as Orphaned in MAINTAINERS.
>
> 3. It gets moved to staging.
>
> 4, It gets removed.
>
> If no one says anything I'll submit a patch to Linus to mark it as Orphaned.
I'd say either 3 or 4.
It could go to staging on it way to removal, but that's not really necessary.
cc: gregkh
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