Re: [PATCH 1/2] wireless: move prism54 out to staging

From: Luis R. Rodriguez
Date: Fri Aug 04 2017 - 12:07:51 EST


On Thu, Aug 03, 2017 at 05:42:15PM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 03, 2017 at 04:59:36PM -0700, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> > prism54 is deprecated in favor of the p54pci device driver. Although
> > only *one soul* had reported issues with it long ago Linux most Linux
> > distributions these days just disable the device driver given the
> > conflicts with the PCI IDs of p54pci and the *very* unlikely situation
> > of folks really need this driver anymore.
> >
> > Before trying to due away with prism54 once more stuff it into staging,
> > which is our hospice for dying drivers.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > MAINTAINERS | 4 ++--
> > drivers/net/wireless/intersil/Kconfig | 20 --------------------
> > drivers/net/wireless/intersil/Makefile | 1 -
> > drivers/staging/Kconfig | 2 ++
> > drivers/staging/Makefile | 1 +
>
> Can I get a TODO file that says it will be deleted in a kernel release
> or two so don't worry about touching anything in these files?

Sure, will respin with it.

Luis