From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.5 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_INVALID, DKIM_SIGNED,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F8D7C388F7 for ; Wed, 28 Oct 2020 05:56:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from hemlock.osuosl.org (smtp2.osuosl.org [140.211.166.133]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C1DD32231B for ; Wed, 28 Oct 2020 05:56:37 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (1024-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="HSv007bm" DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org C1DD32231B Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=fail (p=none dis=none) header.from=linuxfoundation.org Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=driverdev-devel-bounces@linuxdriverproject.org Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hemlock.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8BD9C86F84; Wed, 28 Oct 2020 05:56:37 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at osuosl.org Received: from hemlock.osuosl.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (.osuosl.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 2Yap03bjHzJ9; Wed, 28 Oct 2020 05:56:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ash.osuosl.org (ash.osuosl.org [140.211.166.34]) by hemlock.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F6FC873B4; Wed, 28 Oct 2020 05:56:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from hemlock.osuosl.org (smtp2.osuosl.org [140.211.166.133]) by ash.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 376011BF333 for ; Wed, 28 Oct 2020 05:56:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hemlock.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3156787059 for ; Wed, 28 Oct 2020 05:56:36 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at osuosl.org Received: from hemlock.osuosl.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (.osuosl.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id BVAiGC-MLepU for ; Wed, 28 Oct 2020 05:56:35 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by hemlock.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4E68D86EA3 for ; Wed, 28 Oct 2020 05:56:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (83-86-74-64.cable.dynamic.v4.ziggo.nl [83.86.74.64]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id F1488222C8; Wed, 28 Oct 2020 05:56:33 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1603864594; bh=gRejF2ll8OEp5JTX3hs4nwNi7qpEZn/Ri8YOjZpq59M=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=HSv007bm95x5QYWP2rdBK3O70AiNEpllgLGxddLb29tAlYw/MwPmZMaP8gQT09sIW 4Od2e/41WSGCU56q5846xm5tFjxJlYx0iX8CivFB0oYNXbeVVYLgJXg3ua7lbj3p/F GnSxbDckG+k8EaOMN3SpouOl41IyXx8tOKxQF0wY= Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2020 06:56:28 +0100 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: Arnd Bergmann Subject: Re: [RFC] wimax: move out to staging Message-ID: <20201028055628.GB244117@kroah.com> References: <20201027212448.454129-1-arnd@kernel.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20201027212448.454129-1-arnd@kernel.org> X-BeenThere: driverdev-devel@linuxdriverproject.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Linux Driver Project Developer List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: devel@driverdev.osuosl.org, Arnd Bergmann , linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, Jonathan Corbet , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Inaky Perez-Gonzalez , Jakub Kicinski , Johannes Berg , "David S. Miller" Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Errors-To: driverdev-devel-bounces@linuxdriverproject.org Sender: "devel" On Tue, Oct 27, 2020 at 10:20:13PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > From: Arnd Bergmann > > There are no known users of this driver as of October 2020, and it will > be removed unless someone turns out to still need it in future releases. > > According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WiMAX_networks, there > have been many public wimax networks, but it appears that these entries > are all stale, after everyone has migrated to LTE or discontinued their > service altogether. > > NetworkManager appears to have dropped userspace support in 2015 > https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=747846, the > www.linuxwimax.org > site had already shut down earlier. > > WiMax is apparently still being deployed on airport campus networks > ("AeroMACS"), but in a frequency band that was not supported by the old > Intel 2400m (used in Sandy Bridge laptops and earlier), which is the > only driver using the kernel's wimax stack. > > Move all files into drivers/staging/wimax, including the uapi header > files and documentation, to make it easier to remove it when it gets > to that. Only minimal changes are made to the source files, in order > to make it possible to port patches across the move. > > Also remove the MAINTAINERS entry that refers to a broken mailing > list and website. > > Suggested-by: Inaky Perez-Gonzalez > Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann Is this ok for me to take through the staging tree? If so, I need an ack from the networking maintainers. If not, feel free to send it through the networking tree and add: Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@linuxdriverproject.org http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel