Dan Williams <dcbw@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Mon, 2023-02-27 at 21:11 +0200, Kalle Valo wrote: >> Dan Williams <dcbw@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: >> >> > On Mon, 2023-02-27 at 14:17 +0200, Kalle Valo wrote: >> > > To clean up drivers/net/wireless move the old drivers drivers >> > > left in >> > > the >> > > directory to a new "legacy" directory. I did consider adding >> > > CONFIG_WLAN_VENDOR_LEGACY like other vendors have but then >> > > dropped >> > > the idea as >> > > these are really old drivers and hopefully we get to remove them >> > > soon. >> > >> > Why is rndis_wlan legacy? It supports devices that are way newer >> > than >> > ray_cs or wl3501... like this Linksys WUSB54GSC from late 2007: >> > >> > [1086339.589565] rndis_wlan 1-3:1.0 wlan0: register 'rndis_wlan' at >> > usb-0000:00:14.0-3, Wireless RNDIS device, BCM4320b based, >> > 00:1d:7e:9e:2f:bb >> > [1086339.589961] usbcore: registered new interface driver >> > rndis_wlan >> >> So you have this device? Does it work? I think I should make a table >> somewhere for these old drivers with last success reports :) > > Yep, I have it, it works. Needless to say, I don't *use* it. Yeah, I guessed that part :) But thanks for testing, good to know it works. >> > Dunno, just seems a completely different class of devices than old >> > 802.11b-only PCMCIA ones... >> >> I was about to say that all drivers using Wireless Extensions are >> legacy, but to my surprise rndis_wlan actually uses cfg80211 :) >> >> I put this to "legacy" as I didn't find any better location and >> adding a >> new vendor driver just for rndis_wlan felt like overkill. The >> directory >> name "legacy" is just a name, it has no real meaning and users won't >> see >> it either. It could be "misc", "old" or something else as well. > > Is the goal just to get all the .c individual drivers out of > net/wireless? Yes, exactly. The extra files in drivers/net/wireless annoy me everytime when I'm checking something in the tree. > Also isn't Greg KH out to kill RNDIS too? I don't recall that being a > settled question yet, but I lost track. I haven't heard anything about that recently, I hope we don't have to remove rndis_wlan from the tree. But wext drivers are another thing, we really should get rid of them (or convert to cfg80211). -- https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/list/ https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches
