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Date:   Mon, 23 Oct 2023 16:10:16 +0200
From:   "Arnd Bergmann" <arnd@arndb.de>
To:     "Kalle Valo" <kvalo@kernel.org>, "Arnd Bergmann" <arnd@kernel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/10] Remove obsolete and orphaned wifi drivers
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On Mon, Oct 23, 2023, at 15:45, Kalle Valo wrote:
> Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org> writes:
>
>> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
>>
>> As discussed previously, a lot of the older wifi drivers are likely
>> entirely unused, Though we can't know for sure.
>>
>> As suggested by both Greg and Jakub, let's remove the ones that look
>> are most likely to have no users left and also get in the way of the
>> wext cleanup. If anyone is still using any of these, we can revert the
>> driver removal individually.
>>
>> I would suggest merging these for net-next after 6.7-rc1 is out
>
> Why net-next? I want to take these to wireless-next to avoid any
> conflicts with other wireless patches.

My mistake, I actually rebased them on top of wireless-next before
sending out the patches, I just forgot update the text I had
already written a week earlier.

> We could take these to wireless-next after we submit the last new
> features (-next) pull request to v6.7, so most likely already next week.
> So if anyone has any problems with these speak up now.

Sounds good to me, thanks!

    Arnd