From: Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org>
To: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
Cc: Ondrej Zary <linux@zary.sk>,
Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@intel.com>,
davem@davemloft.net, kuba@kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Benjamin Reed <breed@users.sourceforge.net>,
Javier Achirica <achirica@users.sourceforge.net>,
Jean Tourrilhes <jt@hpl.hp.com>,
Fabrice Bellet <fabrice@bellet.info>,
linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 12/30] net: wireless: cisco: airo: Fix a myriad of coding style issues
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2020 11:08:34 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200828100834.GG1826686@dell> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87lfhz9mdi.fsf@codeaurora.org>
On Fri, 28 Aug 2020, Kalle Valo wrote:
> Ondrej Zary <linux@zary.sk> writes:
>
> > On Thursday 27 August 2020 09:49:12 Kalle Valo wrote:
> >> Ondrej Zary <linux@zary.sk> writes:
> >>
> >> > On Monday 17 August 2020 20:27:06 Jesse Brandeburg wrote:
> >> >> On Mon, 17 Aug 2020 16:27:01 +0300
> >> >> Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> > I was surprised to see that someone was using this driver in 2015, so
> >> >> > I'm not sure anymore what to do. Of course we could still just remove
> >> >> > it and later revert if someone steps up and claims the driver is still
> >> >> > usable. Hmm. Does anyone any users of this driver?
> >> >>
> >> >> What about moving the driver over into staging, which is generally the
> >> >> way I understood to move a driver slowly out of the kernel?
> >> >
> >> > Please don't remove random drivers.
> >>
> >> We don't want to waste time on obsolete drivers and instead prefer to
> >> use our time on more productive tasks. For us wireless maintainers it's
> >> really hard to know if old drivers are still in use or if they are just
> >> broken.
> >>
> >> > I still have the Aironet PCMCIA card and can test the driver.
> >>
> >> Great. Do you know if the airo driver still works with recent kernels?
> >
> > Yes, it does.
>
> Nice, I'm very surprised that so old and unmaintained driver still
> works. Thanks for testing.
That's awesome. Go Linux!
So where does this leave us from a Maintainership perspective? Are
you still treating the driver as obsolete? After this revelation, I
suggest not. So let's make it better. :)
--
Lee Jones [李琼斯]
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Thread overview: 55+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <20200814113933.1903438-1-lee.jones@linaro.org>
2020-08-14 11:39 ` [PATCH 05/30] net: wireless: atmel: atmel: Demote non-kerneldoc header to standard comment block Lee Jones
2020-08-27 12:16 ` [PATCH 05/30] " Kalle Valo
2020-08-14 11:39 ` [PATCH 07/30] net: wireless: broadcom: b43: main: Add braces around empty statements Lee Jones
2020-08-14 15:12 ` Kalle Valo
2020-08-14 16:43 ` Lee Jones
2020-08-14 17:25 ` Kalle Valo
2020-08-17 8:50 ` Lee Jones
2020-08-27 7:42 ` Kalle Valo
2020-08-27 8:49 ` Lee Jones
2020-08-14 11:39 ` [PATCH 08/30] net: wireless: ath: carl9170: Mark 'ar9170_qmap' as __maybe_unused Lee Jones
2020-08-14 15:14 ` Christian Lamparter
2020-08-14 16:40 ` Lee Jones
2020-08-14 17:25 ` Christian Lamparter
2020-08-17 8:43 ` Lee Jones
2020-08-17 8:26 ` Rasmus Villemoes
2020-08-17 12:59 ` Kalle Valo
2020-08-17 18:29 ` Christian Lamparter
2020-08-18 9:50 ` Lee Jones
2020-08-27 7:54 ` Kalle Valo
2020-08-27 9:33 ` [PATCH v2 08/30] net: wireless: ath: carl9170: Convert 'ar9170_qmap' to inline function Lee Jones
2020-08-28 20:28 ` Christian Lamparter
2020-08-31 13:56 ` Kalle Valo
2020-08-31 15:19 ` Kalle Valo
2020-08-14 11:39 ` [PATCH 09/30] net: wireless: ath: ath5k: pcu: Add a description for 'band' remove one for 'mode' Lee Jones
2020-08-17 10:20 ` Kalle Valo
2020-08-14 11:39 ` [PATCH 11/30] net: wireless: cisco: airo: Place brackets around empty statement Lee Jones
2020-08-14 11:39 ` [PATCH 12/30] net: wireless: cisco: airo: Fix a myriad of coding style issues Lee Jones
2020-08-14 15:15 ` Kalle Valo
2020-08-14 16:38 ` Lee Jones
2020-08-17 13:27 ` Kalle Valo
2020-08-17 18:27 ` Jesse Brandeburg
2020-08-17 20:04 ` Lee Jones
2020-08-17 21:35 ` Ondrej Zary
2020-08-27 7:49 ` Kalle Valo
2020-08-27 20:23 ` Ondrej Zary
2020-08-28 8:59 ` Kalle Valo
2020-08-28 10:08 ` Lee Jones [this message]
2020-08-28 12:37 ` Kalle Valo
2020-08-28 21:34 ` Ondrej Zary
2020-08-14 11:39 ` [PATCH 13/30] net: wireless: ath: wil6210: cfg80211: Demote non-kerneldoc headers to standard comment blocks Lee Jones
2020-08-14 11:39 ` [PATCH 14/30] net: wireless: intel: iwlegacy: common: Remove set but not used variable 'len' Lee Jones
2020-08-14 11:39 ` [PATCH 15/30] net: wireless: intel: iwlegacy: common: Demote kerneldoc headers to standard comment blocks Lee Jones
2020-08-14 11:39 ` [PATCH 16/30] net: wireless: intel: ipw2200: Remove set but unused variables 'rc' and 'w' Lee Jones
2020-08-14 11:39 ` [PATCH 17/30] net: wireless: broadcom: b43legacy: main: Provide braces around empty 'if' body Lee Jones
2020-08-14 11:39 ` [PATCH 20/30] net: wireless: ath: ath5k: base: Fix kerneldoc formatting issue Lee Jones
2020-08-14 11:39 ` [PATCH 22/30] net: wireless: broadcom: brcm80211: brcmfmac: fweh: Remove set but unused variable 'err' Lee Jones
2020-08-14 11:39 ` [PATCH 23/30] net: wireless: broadcom: brcm80211: brcmfmac: fweh: Fix docrot related function documentation issues Lee Jones
2020-08-14 11:39 ` [PATCH 24/30] net: wireless: broadcom: brcm80211: brcmsmac: mac80211_if: Demote a few non-conformant kerneldoc headers Lee Jones
2020-08-14 11:39 ` [PATCH 25/30] net: wireless: intel: ipw2x00: ipw2200: Demote lots of nonconformant kerneldoc comments Lee Jones
2020-08-14 11:39 ` [PATCH 26/30] net: wireless: broadcom: b43: phy_common: Demote non-conformant kerneldoc header Lee Jones
[not found] ` <CAJrvBf00yQQ7F1p1utBuq1oWc2RwnqXijBjaJ+FuxG0mS0TvOA@mail.gmail.com>
2020-08-14 16:36 ` Lee Jones
2020-08-17 8:06 ` Rafał Miłecki
2020-08-17 9:11 ` Lee Jones
2020-08-14 11:39 ` [PATCH 30/30] net: wireless: broadcom: b43: phy_n: Add empty braces around empty statements Lee Jones
[not found] ` <87eeo88pdr.fsf@tynnyri.adurom.net>
2020-08-17 8:16 ` [PATCH 00/30] Rid W=1 warnings in Networking Lee Jones
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