On Fri, 2016-03-18 at 23:58 -0400, Jes Sorensen wrote: > Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > On Fri, 2016-03-18 at 13:42 -0400, Jes Sorensen wrote: > > > Xose Vazquez Perez <xose.vazquez@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > > > > > > People should not waste time and energy working on this staging driver. > > > > A replacement(rtl8xxxu) using the kernel wireless stack already was merged > > > > in the 4.3 kernel. > > [] > > > > > > > > > > > drivers/staging/rtl8723au/TODO | 3 +++ > > > Acked-by: Jes Sorensen <Jes.Sorensen@xxxxxxxxxx> > > why not git rm drivers/staging/rtl8723au/ ? > Because you don't just pull the rug out under people. I plan to mark it > obsolete and then remove it in a follow-on release. Duh. I note you removed the obsolete suggestion which is probably more valuable then updating the TODO. Updating the TODO to something like: Actual bug fixes only, no other changes accepted. This driver is going to be removed by 4.8 or so is also probably more valuable than keeping all the current items and just adding a note that another driver exists. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
