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From: Ondrej Zary <linux@zary.sk>
To: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
Cc: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@intel.com>,
	Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org>,
	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 23:34:15 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <202008282334.15902.linux@zary.sk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87lfhz9mdi.fsf@codeaurora.org>

On Friday 28 August 2020 10:59:37 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.

Thanks to great work of all kernel maintainers most of the old drivers still work so Linux users aren't forced to throw away hardware just because it stopped working after a software update.

-- 
Ondrej Zary

  parent reply	other threads:[~2020-08-28 21:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 72+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-08-14 11:39 [PATCH 00/30] Rid W=1 warnings in Networking Lee Jones
2020-08-14 11:39 ` [PATCH 01/30] net: bonding: bond_3ad: Fix a bunch of kerneldoc parameter issues Lee Jones
2020-08-14 11:39 ` [PATCH 02/30] net: bonding: bond_main: Document 'proto' and rename 'new_active' parameters Lee Jones
2020-08-14 11:39 ` [PATCH 03/30] net: ethernet: 3com: 3c574_cs: Remove set but unused variables 'tx' and 'rx' Lee Jones
2020-08-14 11:39 ` [PATCH 04/30] net: bonding: bond_alb: Describe alb_handle_addr_collision_on_attach()'s 'bond' and 'addr' params Lee Jones
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 06/30] net: ethernet: 8390: axnet_cs: Document unused parameter 'txqueue' Lee Jones
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 10/30] net: wan: dlci: Remove set but not used variable 'err' Lee Jones
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
2020-08-28 12:37                     ` Kalle Valo
2020-08-28 21:34                   ` Ondrej Zary [this message]
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 18/30] net: fddi: skfp: hwmtm: Remove seemingly unused variable 'ID_sccs' Lee Jones
2020-08-14 11:39 ` [PATCH 19/30] net: fddi: skfp: fplustm: " 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 21/30] net: fddi: skfp: smt: Place definition of 'smt_pdef' under same stipulations as its use 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 27/30] net: fddi: skfp: smt: Remove seemingly unused variable 'ID_sccs' Lee Jones
2020-08-14 11:39 ` [PATCH 28/30] net: fddi: skfp: cfm: Remove set but unused variable 'oldstate' Lee Jones
2020-08-14 11:39 ` [PATCH 29/30] net: fddi: skfp: cfm: Remove seemingly unused variable 'ID_sccs' Lee Jones
2020-08-14 11:39 ` [PATCH 30/30] net: wireless: broadcom: b43: phy_n: Add empty braces around empty statements Lee Jones
2020-08-15  3:42 ` [PATCH 00/30] Rid W=1 warnings in Networking David Miller
2020-08-17  9:26   ` Lee Jones
2020-08-17 19:02     ` David Miller
2020-08-17 19:58       ` Lee Jones
     [not found] ` <87eeo88pdr.fsf@tynnyri.adurom.net>
2020-08-17  8:16   ` Lee Jones

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