Re: [PATCH 10/10] [RFC] wifi: remove ipw2100/ipw2200 drivers

2023-10-25 Thread Philipp Hortmann
On 10/26/23 00:27, Witold Baryluk wrote: I might be interested in modernizing the driver, but I have no idea how much effort it would be (in terms of changed fraction of code). 20k LOC is neither small or big, and not obvious (a lot of it would be unchanged), if it is a week of work, or months

[RFC] ipw2100 ipw2200 ps3_gelic rtl8712 --- Are we ready for wext cleanup?

2024-10-13 Thread Philipp Hortmann
Hi, origin of this question was the following patch series from Arnd Bergmann [PATCH 00/10] Remove obsolete and orphaned wifi drivers https://lore.kernel.org/linux-staging/20231023131953.2876682-1-a...@kernel.org/ Here the remaining files that use iw_handler_def: drivers/net/ethernet/toshiba/ps3

Re: [RFC] ipw2100 ipw2200 ps3_gelic rtl8712 --- Are we ready for wext cleanup?

2024-10-14 Thread Philipp Hortmann
On 14.10.24 11:32, Kalle Valo wrote: Philipp Hortmann writes: origin of this question was the following patch series from Arnd Bergmann [PATCH 00/10] Remove obsolete and orphaned wifi drivers https://lore.kernel.org/linux-staging/20231023131953.2876682-1-a...@kernel.org/ Here the remaining

[PATCH] net: ethernet: toshiba: ps3_gelic_wireless: Remove driver using deprecated API wext

2024-12-24 Thread Philipp Hortmann
-ad0d-451a-9106-90d481bd3...@gmail.com/ Signed-off-by: Philipp Hortmann --- Only compile tested. Tested a rebased version of this patch on the Playstation 3. Used T2 Linux with Kernel 6.12.5 to test the Ethernet connection. No updates required in MAINTAINERS. --- drivers/net/ethernet/toshiba

Re: [PATCH] net: ethernet: toshiba: ps3_gelic_wireless: Remove driver using deprecated API wext

2025-01-02 Thread Philipp Hortmann
On 30.12.24 09:22, Johannes Berg wrote: On Tue, 2024-12-24 at 09:07 +0100, Philipp Hortmann wrote: Driver was contributed in 2008. The following reasons lead to the removal: - This driver generates maintenance workload for itself and for API wext So I've been wondering, why are y

Re: [PATCH] net: ethernet: toshiba: ps3_gelic_wireless: Remove driver using deprecated API wext

2025-01-03 Thread Philipp Hortmann
On 03.01.25 12:16, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: Hi Philipp, On Fri, Jan 3, 2025 at 12:02 PM Philipp Hortmann wrote: On 03.01.25 09:53, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: Care to tell us where the fix is? please find all patches for T2 on this page: https://wiki.t2linux.org/guides/kernel/ More exact

Re: [PATCH] net: ethernet: toshiba: ps3_gelic_wireless: Remove driver using deprecated API wext

2025-01-03 Thread Philipp Hortmann
On 03.01.25 09:53, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: Care to tell us where the fix is? Hi Geert, please find all patches for T2 on this page: https://wiki.t2linux.org/guides/kernel/ More exact here: git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/t2linux/linux-t2-patches patches Bye Philipp