netdev - Re: hostap: Delete an unnecessary jump label in prism2_ioctl_priv

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Date:   Mon, 26 Sep 2016 21:37:32 +0300
From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
To:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:     SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Jouni Malinen <j@...fi>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>
Subject: Re: hostap: Delete an unnecessary jump label in prism2_ioctl_priv_hostapd()

Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> writes:

> On Mon, 2016-09-26 at 21:01 +0300, Kalle Valo wrote:
>> hostap is an obsolete driver, it's waste of time doing style fixes to it
>> as nobody maintains it anymore.
>
> Dunno know if Jouni is still maintaining this at all
> but maybe a MAINTAINERS update to mark it obsolete so
> checkpatch warns on unnecessary changes.
> ---
>  MAINTAINERS | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index 6e0a912c3b13..ff293e70fae6 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -5722,7 +5722,7 @@ M:	Jouni Malinen 
>  L:	hostap@...oo.com (subscribers-only)
>  L:	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org
>  W:	http://hostap.epitest.fi/
> -S:	Maintained
> +S:	Maintained / Obsolete
>  F:	drivers/net/wireless/intersil/hostap/

I talked with Jouni and we concluded marking this fully obsolete is the
best (so removing the "Maintained" part completely). Also the shmoo list
is not used anymore, that can be removed.

-- 
Kalle Valo