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Subject: Re: wireless: orphan qfnfmac and plfxlc drivers?
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On 2/16/24 01:37, Kalle Valo wrote:
> Jeff Johnson <quic_jjohnson@quicinc.com> writes:
>
>> On 2/15/2024 9:21 AM, Kalle Valo wrote:
>>> <imitsyanko@quantenna.com>: host mail.quantenna.com[50.87.249.29] said: 550 No
>>>      Such User Here (in reply to RCPT TO command)
>> Apparently Quantenna was acquired by ON Semi in 2019[1], and in 2022
>> they closed it down[2]. Seems pretty abandoned to me.
> Thanks Jeff. I do wonder is anyone even using qtnfmac and plfxlc? Maybe
> we should just delete the drivers as nobody seems to care about them?
>
(replacing imitsyanko@quantenna.com with my personal email)

Hi Kalle, Jeff,

that's right, Quantenna division was shutdown by ON. To my knowledge no 
users of qtnfmac drivers are left after that. I would think removing 
driver altogether is the right approach. I'm not associated with ON 
anymore so it's just my personal opinion.

CCing Krystal Heaton who I found on ON "contacts" web page (just in case 
someone from ON wants to comment if removing qtnfmac driver from Linux 
kernel is a concern).