Return-path: Received: from 162-17-110-37-static.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([162.17.110.37]:39076 "EHLO stuffed.shaftnet.org" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752648Ab3KGS5m (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Nov 2013 13:57:42 -0500 Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2013 13:57:14 -0500 From: Solomon Peachy To: "John W. Linville" Cc: Larry Finger , Greg KH , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: future of prism2_usb (aka wlan-ng) in staging tree Message-ID: <20131107185714.GD12612@shaftnet.org> (sfid-20131107_195748_127355_E3852869) References: <20131107160522.GA12612@shaftnet.org> <527BC04F.2080000@lwfinger.net> <20131107163719.GC12612@shaftnet.org> <20131107175201.GA2002@tuxdriver.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="Y5rl02BVI9TCfPar" In-Reply-To: <20131107175201.GA2002@tuxdriver.com> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: --Y5rl02BVI9TCfPar Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Nov 07, 2013 at 12:52:02PM -0500, John W. Linville wrote: > I haven't looked at the driver in question in a long time. Are there > actually any users? I honestly don't know who all uses it these days, since it's=20 802.11b-only and being USB, eminantly replacable with something more=20 modern. Still, the driver and hardware works, and it's no more obsolete than the=20 likes of hostap, orinoco, aironet, zd1201, and others -- All of which=20 live on under net/wireless even though they still lack cfg80211 support. BTW, this is my current WIP diffstat: drivers/staging/wlan-ng/Makefile | 2 drivers/staging/wlan-ng/hfa384x.h | 2=20 drivers/staging/wlan-ng/hfa384x_usb.c | 67 ++---- drivers/staging/wlan-ng/p80211conv.c | 70 ------ drivers/staging/wlan-ng/p80211metadef.h | 3=20 drivers/staging/wlan-ng/p80211metastruct.h | 9=20 drivers/staging/wlan-ng/p80211netdev.c | 79 +++---- drivers/staging/wlan-ng/p80211netdev.h | 35 --- drivers/staging/wlan-ng/prism2fw.c | 86 +++---- drivers/staging/wlan-ng/prism2mgmt.c | 126 ++++------- drivers/staging/wlan-ng/prism2mib.c | 64 ++--- drivers/staging/wlan-ng/prism2sta.c | 118 ++++------ drivers/staging/wlan-ng/p80211ioctl.h | 89 ------- drivers/staging/wlan-ng/p80211req.c | 251 ---------------------- drivers/staging/wlan-ng/p80211req.h | 53 ---- drivers/staging/wlan-ng/p80211wep.c | 301 ------------------------= --- 16 files changed, 248 insertions(+), 1107 deletions(-) Aside from fixing up a boatload of checkpatch warnings, I've been=20 stripping out more legacy cruft (eg custom ioctl, host-side WEP, more=20 plumbing) that's not relevant any longer. - Solomon --=20 Solomon Peachy pizza at shaftnet dot org Delray Beach, FL ^^ (email/xmpp) ^^ Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur. --Y5rl02BVI9TCfPar Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.14 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFSe+KKPuLgii2759ARAq18AKDEKKn4H+M3Sjzzhf0HvaD6tIsDvwCdGHGj cgEuoBKdsymr61tcmXGZ1PM= =x8Qg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Y5rl02BVI9TCfPar--