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Date:   Fri, 13 Aug 2021 08:36:43 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To:     Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Cc:     Fabio Aiuto <fabioaiuto83@gmail.com>, hdegoede@redhat.com,
        Phillip Potter <phil@philpotter.co.uk>,
        Martin Kaiser <martin@kaiser.cx>,
        Michael Straube <straube.linux@gmail.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: r8188eu: remove cfg80211 residuals
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On Thu, Aug 12, 2021 at 11:51:56AM -0500, Larry Finger wrote:
> On 8/12/21 8:27 AM, Fabio Aiuto wrote:
> > remove cfg80211 implementation residuals:
> > an headeer file and build condition in Kconfig
> > file.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Fabio Aiuto<fabioaiuto83@gmail.com>
> > ---
> > Dear Greg and Larry,
> > I thought that cfg80211 had been implemented.
> > Should we add a TODO file telling developers to
> > do it in the near future? Is that a condition
> > for mainlining r8188eu? If so please drop this
> > patch and sorry for noise.
> 
> I thought so too, but something has gone very wrong. Please hold off on this
> patch until I figure out why cfg80211 is not being used.

That's odd, I'll drop this from my queue, we should be using cfg80211