This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
staging: refresh TODO for rtl8712
to my staging git tree which can be found at
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/staging.git
in the staging-linus branch.
The patch will show up in the next release of the linux-next tree
(usually sometime within the next 24 hours during the week.)
The patch will hopefully also be merged in Linus's tree for the
next -rc kernel release.
If you have any questions about this process, please let me know.
>From 586add48d4a627424ff996277fc47e4ee8c69126 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Xose Vazquez Perez <xose.vazquez@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2016 15:50:07 +0100
Subject: staging: refresh TODO for rtl8712
People should not waste time and energy working on this staging driver.
At least four drivers were written for this hardware:
https://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=138358275410975
And there is a replacement using the kernel wireless stack at:
https://github.com/chunkeey/rtl8192su
Also a fullmac/cfg80211 driver(r92su) is available.
Cc: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Florian Schilhabel <florian.c.schilhabel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Joshua Roys <Joshua.Roys@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linux Driver Project Developer List <driverdev-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linux Wireless <linux-wireless@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Xose Vazquez Perez <xose.vazquez@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/staging/rtl8712/TODO | 12 ++++++------
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/TODO b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/TODO
index d8dfe5bfe702..847c8c41f4f7 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/TODO
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/TODO
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ TODO:
- switch to use MAC80211
- checkpatch.pl fixes - only a few remain
-Please send any patches to Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@xxxxxxxxx>,
-Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> and
-Florian Schilhabel <florian.c.schilhabel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>.
-
-
-
+A replacement for this driver with MAC80211 support is available
+at https://github.com/chunkeey/rtl8192su
+Please send any patches to Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
+Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,
+Florian Schilhabel <florian.c.schilhabel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> and
+Linux Driver Project Developer List <driverdev-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>.
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