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,DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS 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 48F30C4338F for ; Tue, 27 Jul 2021 13:06:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21E5A615A6 for ; Tue, 27 Jul 2021 13:06:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S236586AbhG0NGf (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Jul 2021 09:06:35 -0400 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:52076 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S232106AbhG0NGc (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Jul 2021 09:06:32 -0400 Received: by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 74C0C610D0; Tue, 27 Jul 2021 13:06:32 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1627391192; bh=dSkirkfsI++z38mvXCgqd7NzcPR7nNLQlgLTI+XvctU=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=QZDhYmb9bbXeiMbNBWfPk/4kt753Kwdf1mjnRSTO8Rd8sPHYwDcp8VbIpQMFSG6rI 6QvGp13tgXAw46qpKBl8DhgozhimcgA4BrjoAyqe3R7JMT44eTj+gOmfGWzzvV4oNP xXZsnpsOLIVyYV+quvCiFY64Noo+hJy8k8za2RGk= Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2021 15:06:30 +0200 From: Greg KH To: Phillip Potter Cc: Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net, dan.carpenter@oracle.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-staging@lists.linux.dev, fabioaiuto83@gmail.com Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/7] staging: rtl8188eu: replace driver with better version Message-ID: References: <20210724001055.1613840-1-phil@philpotter.co.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20210724001055.1613840-1-phil@philpotter.co.uk> Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Jul 24, 2021 at 01:10:48AM +0100, Phillip Potter wrote: > I had to break this patchset up a bit to get around the file size limits > on the mailing list, and also I removed the hostapd stuff which is > userspace related and therefore not required. > > The driver currently in staging is older and less functional than the > version on Larry Finger's GitHub account, based upon v4.1.4_6773.20130222. > This series of patches therefore: > > (1) Removes the current driver from staging. > (2) Imports the GitHub version mentioned above in its place. Let's do (2) first before worrying about (1), given that we can't get a version of (2) that actually builds yet :) thanks, greg k-h