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From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
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On Wed, Jul 01, 2009 at 03:08:24PM -0700, Marcel Holtmann wrote:
> Hi Luis,
> 
> > >> > That's really all I
> > >> > care about, I don't want another WEXT-based driver accepted; I want all
> > >> > the new ones using cfg80211.
> > >>
> > >> Now there is a discussion we should have had in Berlin...is it time
> > >> to insist on cfg80211-based configuration for all new drivers?
> > >
> > > there is really nothing much to discuss on this topic. The plan is to
> > > deprecate WEXT, that simple. So if the driver has no cfg80211 support,
> > > then it will not be included. Period.
> > >
> > > Send such drivers off to staging and let them have their 6 month.  Then
> > > we either remove them again or they got ported to cfg80211.
> > 
> > 6 months only in staging ? Is this a rule now for staging?
> 
> that is what Greg mentioned to me. If there is no activity for 6 month
> and the driver is not getting anywhere, he going to drop it.

That is "within reason".  If a driver is still needed there, I'l
probably keep it, and will take each one on a case-by-case basis.

thanks,

greg k-h