Date:   Sat, 11 Mar 2023 13:19:34 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To:     Phillip Potter <phil@philpotter.co.uk>
Cc:     linux-staging@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
        patches@lists.linux.dev, Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>,
        Martin Kaiser <martin@kaiser.cx>,
        Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: r8188eu: delete driver
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On Sat, Mar 11, 2023 at 10:33:44AM +0000, Phillip Potter wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 10, 2023 at 10:08:49PM +0300, Pavel Skripkin wrote:
> > Hi Greg,
> > 
> > Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> says:
> > > 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>
> > > ---
> > 
> > I guess, I am late to the party, but if it matters
> > 
> > Acked-by: Pavel Skripkin <paskripkin@gmail.com>
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > With regards,
> > Pavel Skripkin
> 
> Same here, won't make it into the deletion commit log entry, but:
> 
> Acked-by: Phillip Potter <phil@philpotter.co.uk>

Thanks, the link in the commit will point to this thread for the
archives, so it still does matter :)

greg k-h