On Sun, Sep 29, 2024 at 02:37:16PM +0200, Philipp Hortmann wrote: > Dear Sirs, > > Wei Wang from Realsil contributed this driver in 2011. > > The following points let me propose to delete the driver: > - This driver generates maintenance workload > - Did not find minimal documentation on the web. > - No blog entries about anyone using the rts5208 and rts5288 during the last > years. > - Did not find any device that may has it in and is still available on the > market: Dell Latitude 2120, Lenovo ThinkPad Edge 130, Lenovo x121e > > The staging subsystem needs to focus on drivers that support usable hardware > that is available. Newbies can then get the hardware for some dollars and > play around which is fun. > > Please consider that support will remain for years in the longterm kernels. > > Thanks for any response about your thoughts. Again, no objection from me, please send a patch to delete it. thanks, greg k-h
