netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/2] cfg80211: Remove unused cfg80211_vendor

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Message-ID: <ZwPGGBxdTGP3tPtW@gallifrey>
Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2024 11:29:28 +0000
From: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <linux@...blig.org>
To: Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
Cc: davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org,
	pabeni@...hat.com, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] cfg80211: Remove unused cfg80211_vendor_ functions

* Johannes Berg (johannes@...solutions.net) wrote:
> On Sun, 2024-10-06 at 23:53 +0100, linux@...blig.org wrote:
> > From: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <linux@...blig.org>
> > 
> > cfg80211_vendor_cmd_get_sender() and cfg80211_vendor_event_alloc_ucast()
> > were added in 2019 by commit
> > 55c1fdf0d6c5 ("cfg80211: allow sending vendor events unicast")
> > 
> > but never used.
> > 
> 
> Yeah ... we have out-of-tree code using this for CSI matrix stuff
> (sensing), but I guess we can keep this API out-of-tree just as well,
> though it'll make it harder to integrate in ChromeOS.

Obviously it's the maintainers call as which way to go.
I guess the best outcome would be for that out-of-tree code to land in
the tree!

Dave

> johannes
> 
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