On 14.10.23 23:10, Philipp Hortmann wrote: > Tests on rtl8192u hardware have shown that this driver is broken since > 2016. Remove broken driver. Find fix for two bugs in second link. > > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/db98d9ac-7650-4a72-8eb9-4def1f17ea0d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/cover.1697089416.git.philipp.g.hortmann@xxxxxxxxx/ > Signed-off-by: Philipp Hortmann <philipp.g.hortmann@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > V2: Added 2x links and adapted description. > > Did not find any artifacts of rtl8192u in MAINTAINERS. > --- > drivers/staging/Kconfig | 2 - > drivers/staging/rtl8192u/Kconfig | 12 - > [...] My daily linux-next builds for Fedora (based on Fedora rawhide config) failed today with this error msg: """ + /usr/bin/make -s 'HOSTCFLAGS=-O2 -fexceptions -g -grecord-gcc-switches -pipe -Wall -Werror=format-security -Werror=implicit-function-declaration -Werror=implicit-int -Wp,-U_FORTIFY_SOURCE,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=3 -Wp,-D_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-cc1 -fstack-protector-strong -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-annobin-cc1 -m64 -mcpu=power8 -mtune=power8 -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -fstack-clash-protection ' 'HOSTLDFLAGS=-Wl,-z,relro -Wl,--as-needed -Wl,-z,now -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-ld -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-annobin-cc1 -Wl,--build-id=sha1 -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-package-notes ' -j2 mrproper scripts/Makefile.clean:12: drivers/staging/rtl8192u/Makefile: No such file or directory make[5]: *** No rule to make target 'drivers/staging/rtl8192u/Makefile'. Stop. make[4]: *** [scripts/Makefile.clean:61: drivers/staging/rtl8192u] Error 2 make[3]: *** [scripts/Makefile.clean:61: drivers/staging] Error 2 make[3]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs.... make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.clean:61: drivers] Error 2 make[1]: *** [/builddir/build/BUILD/kernel-next-20231017/linux-6.6.0-0.0.next.20231017.447.vanilla.fc40.ppc64le/Makefile:1920: _clean_.] Error 2 make: *** [Makefile:236: __sub-make] Error 2 error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.TJDlJV (%build) """ Full log: https://copr-be.cloud.fedoraproject.org/results/@kernel-vanilla/next/fedora-rawhide-ppc64le/06536998-next-next-all/builder-live.log.gz Made me wonder if this patch left something behind; a quick grep showed something suspicious in drivers/staging/Makefile: """ obj-$(CONFIG_RTL8192U) += rtl8192u/ """ Ciao, Thorsten
