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Date:   Wed, 8 Mar 2023 15:17:26 +0100
From:   Martin Kaiser <martin@kaiser.cx>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc:     linux-staging@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
        patches@lists.linux.dev, Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>,
        Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>,
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        Pavel Skripkin <paskripkin@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: r8188eu: delete driver
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Hi Greg,

Thus wrote Greg Kroah-Hartman (gregkh@linuxfoundation.org):

> Now that the same hardware that the r8188eu driver supported is
> supported by the real wireless driver rtl8xxxu, the r8188eu driver can
> be deleted.

> Also the rtl8xxxu driver supports way more devices, and is a fraction of
> the overall size, making this a much better overall solution.

> Thanks to the r8188eu developers and maintainers and reviewers over the
> years, your work allowed Linux users to use their hardware before the
> real driver was implemented properly.

> Reported-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>
> Cc: Martin Kaiser <martin@kaiser.cx>
> Cc: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
> Cc: Phillip Potter <phil@philpotter.co.uk>
> Cc: Pavel Skripkin <paskripkin@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

thanks for your time and patience reviewing all the cleanups we
submitted.

Acked-by: Martin Kaiser <martin@kaiser.cx>

Best regards,

   Martin