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Message-ID: <20101020192233.GA8912@kroah.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2010 12:22:33 -0700
From: Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
Cc: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@....com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Future of the Wimedia LLC Protocol (WLP) subsystem/drivers
On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 09:15:41AM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> 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
3 or 4 is fine with me, which ever David wants.
thanks,
greg k-h
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