Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On 8/1/23 04:31, Kalle Valo wrote: > >> + Herton, Hin-Tak >> Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: >> >>> On 6/16/23 05:20, Dmitry Antipov wrote: >>>> Note MAINTAINERS marks drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl818x/rtl8180 as >>>> orphaned but drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl818x/rtl8187 as maintained. >>> >>> Driver rtl8187 is certainly maintained, not that it gets many bug >>> reports. Devices that support 802.11g are not used very often, but at >>> least once a year I use my device to get online to retrieve the >>> drivers for a fancier wifi card that does not have a driver in Linux >>> or Windows. Drivers for the USB-based 8187A and 8187B have been in >>> Linux since version 2.6.38 (December 2010), and also in Windows 7, if >>> not in older versions. >> So this is what we have in MAINTAINERS right now: >> RTL8187 WIRELESS DRIVER >> M: Herton Ronaldo Krzesinski <herton@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> M: Hin-Tak Leung <htl10@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> M: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> >> L: linux-wireless@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> S: Maintained >> W: https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/ >> T: git >> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-testing.git >> F: drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl818x/rtl8187/ >> In the git history the last activity from Herton is from 2010 so I >> think >> we should remove him. >> Is Hin-Tak still active? The last activity is from 2020. >> Also the git tree is outdated so that should be removed. > > Kalle, > > I removed Herton and Hin-Tak as Maintainers for rtl8187 and updated > the tree entries for rtl8187 and rtl8180. Patches are submitted. Thanks! -- https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/list/ https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches
