2023-10-23 14:36:36

by Kalle Valo

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Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/10] wifi: remove obsolete hostap driver

Arnd Bergmann <[email protected]> writes:

> From: Arnd Bergmann <[email protected]>
>
> HostAP is an ISA/PCMCIA style 802.11b driver supporting only
> wireless extensions, and some custom ioctls (already removed).
> Some devices include a legacy PCI bridge but no DMA.
>
> The driver was marked obsolete in 2016 and is highly unlikely
> to still have any users.
>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <[email protected]>

This patch didn't make it to the list, I guess it was too big. But it's
available from the pending branch:

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wireless/wireless-next.git/commit/?h=pending&id=39ed2ce3bdc43bc9dbed65608d98828f21b9f33d

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