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Date:   Tue, 17 Oct 2023 15:35:04 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To:     Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info>
Cc:     linux-staging@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
        Philipp Hortmann <philipp.g.hortmann@gmail.com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8192u: remove entry from Makefile
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On Tue, Oct 17, 2023 at 12:35:57PM +0200, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
> On 17.10.23 10:13, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > In commit 697455ce4110 ("staging: rtl8192u: Remove broken driver"), the
> > driver was removed, along with the Kconfig entry, but the Makefile line
> > in drivers/staging/Makefile was not updated, so things like 'make clean'
> > fail to work properly as they will decend into all subdirectories to try
> > to clean things up.
> > 
> > Resolve this by removing the entry in the main staging Makefile.
> > 
> > Reported-by: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info>
> > Cc: Philipp Hortmann <philipp.g.hortmann@gmail.com>
> > Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
> > Fixes: 697455ce4110 ("staging: rtl8192u: Remove broken driver")
> > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
> 
> Thx Greg, that fixed things for my case. In case anyone cares:

I care, thanks!