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Re: [PATCH] wifi: wext: warn about usage only once

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Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Warn only once since the ratelimit parameters are still
> allowing too many messages to happen. This will no longer
> tell you all the different processes, but still gives a
> heads-up of sorts.
> 
> Also modify the message to note that wext stops working
> for future Wi-Fi 7 hardware, this is already implemented
> in commit 4ca69027691a ("wifi: wireless: deny wireless
> extensions on MLO-capable devices") and is maybe of more
> relevance to users than the fact that we'd like to have
> wireless extensions deprecated.
> 
> The issue with Wi-Fi 7 is that you can now have multiple
> connections to the same AP, so a whole bunch of things
> now become per link rather than per netdev, which can't
> really be handled in wireless extensions.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx>

Patch applied to wireless.git, thanks.

52fd90638a72 wifi: wext: warn about usage only once

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https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/patch/20230224135933.94104aeda1a0.Ie771c6a66d7d6c3cf67da5f3b0c66cea66fd514c@changeid/

https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches




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