| Message ID | 20231023131953.2876682-1-arnd@kernel.org |
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| Series | Remove obsolete and orphaned wifi drivers | expand |
Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org> writes: > From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> > > As discussed previously, a lot of the older wifi drivers are likely > entirely unused, Though we can't know for sure. > > As suggested by both Greg and Jakub, let's remove the ones that look > are most likely to have no users left and also get in the way of the > wext cleanup. If anyone is still using any of these, we can revert the > driver removal individually. > > I would suggest merging these for net-next after 6.7-rc1 is out Why net-next? I want to take these to wireless-next to avoid any conflicts with other wireless patches. We could take these to wireless-next after we submit the last new features (-next) pull request to v6.7, so most likely already next week. So if anyone has any problems with these speak up now.
On Mon, Oct 23, 2023, at 15:45, Kalle Valo wrote: > Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org> writes: > >> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> >> >> As discussed previously, a lot of the older wifi drivers are likely >> entirely unused, Though we can't know for sure. >> >> As suggested by both Greg and Jakub, let's remove the ones that look >> are most likely to have no users left and also get in the way of the >> wext cleanup. If anyone is still using any of these, we can revert the >> driver removal individually. >> >> I would suggest merging these for net-next after 6.7-rc1 is out > > Why net-next? I want to take these to wireless-next to avoid any > conflicts with other wireless patches. My mistake, I actually rebased them on top of wireless-next before sending out the patches, I just forgot update the text I had already written a week earlier. > We could take these to wireless-next after we submit the last new > features (-next) pull request to v6.7, so most likely already next week. > So if anyone has any problems with these speak up now. Sounds good to me, thanks! Arnd
"Arnd Bergmann" <arnd@arndb.de> writes: > On Mon, Oct 23, 2023, at 15:45, Kalle Valo wrote: >> Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org> writes: >> >>> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> >>> >>> As discussed previously, a lot of the older wifi drivers are likely >>> entirely unused, Though we can't know for sure. >>> >>> As suggested by both Greg and Jakub, let's remove the ones that look >>> are most likely to have no users left and also get in the way of the >>> wext cleanup. If anyone is still using any of these, we can revert the >>> driver removal individually. >>> >>> I would suggest merging these for net-next after 6.7-rc1 is out >> >> Why net-next? I want to take these to wireless-next to avoid any >> conflicts with other wireless patches. > > My mistake, I actually rebased them on top of wireless-next before > sending out the patches, I just forgot update the text I had > already written a week earlier. Ah, good that we are on the same page then :) >> We could take these to wireless-next after we submit the last new >> features (-next) pull request to v6.7, so most likely already next week. >> So if anyone has any problems with these speak up now. > > Sounds good to me, thanks! Thanks for the patches! I applied them to our pending branch for some build testing, there were few conflicts I guess due to recent cleanup patches but obviously easy to fix :) https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wireless/wireless-next.git/log/?h=pending
Hi Arnd! There is some non-x86 hardware like the Amiga that still uses PCMCIA-style networking cards on machines like the A600 and A1200. So, unless these drivers are actually causing problems, I would rather not see them go yet. Thanks, Adrian
On Mon, Oct 30, 2023, at 08:19, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > Hi Arnd! > > There is some non-x86 hardware like the Amiga that still uses > PCMCIA-style networking > cards on machines like the A600 and A1200. So, unless these drivers are > actually causing > problems, I would rather not see them go yet. Do you know of any systems other than the Amiga that are still in use with new kernels and that rely on PCMCIA networking? I know that Amiga has its own simple CONFIG_AMIGA_PCMCIA implementation that is incompatible with CONFIG_PCMCIA device drivers, so it is not affected by this. For the few ARM systems that still support a CF card slot, these tend to be used for IDE type storage cards because their internal flash is too limited otherwise. Arnd
John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de> writes: > There is some non-x86 hardware like the Amiga that still uses > PCMCIA-style networking cards on machines like the A600 and A1200. So, > unless these drivers are actually causing problems, I would rather not > see them go yet. There is a cost maintaining these drivers so I would like to see more information in the report, at least: * exact driver and hardware used * last kernel version tested * kernel log messages from a successful case Here's a good example: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-wireless/20231024014302.0a0b79b0@mir/
Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org> writes: > From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> > > As discussed previously, a lot of the older wifi drivers are likely > entirely unused, Though we can't know for sure. > > As suggested by both Greg and Jakub, let's remove the ones that look > are most likely to have no users left and also get in the way of the > wext cleanup. If anyone is still using any of these, we can revert the > driver removal individually. > > I would suggest merging these for net-next after 6.7-rc1 is out, to give > them the maximum amount of time for users to speak up before a release > comes out. > > This kills off all pcmcia wifi drivers, and all wext users in > drivers/net/wireless, but not the ps3-gelic-wireless driver in > drivers/net/ethernet, or the staging drivers. > > In staging, rtl8192u was already removed in the meantime, while rtl8712 > and rtl8192e are apparently still used. I have not been able to find > out whether ks7010 is still in use. > > Arnd > > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20231011080955.1beeb010@kernel.org/ > > > Arnd Bergmann (10): > wifi: libertas: drop 16-bit PCMCIA support > wifi: atmel: remove wext style at76c50x drivers > wifi: remove orphaned cisco/aironet driver > wifi: remove obsolete hostap driver > wifi: remove orphaned zd1201 driver > wifi: remove orphaned orinoco driver > wifi: remove orphaned ray_cs driver > wifi: remove orphaned wl3501 driver > wifi: remove orphaned rndis_wlan driver > [RFC] wifi: remove ipw2100/ipw2200 drivers I manually applied these 9 to wireless-next: 4b478bf6bdd8 wifi: libertas: drop 16-bit PCMCIA support 77e49bec6414 wifi: atmel: remove wext style at76c50x drivers 6853c70ba5ed wifi: remove orphaned cisco/aironet driver d0172d5f7576 wifi: remove obsolete hostap driver 757a46c2a7a9 wifi: remove orphaned zd1201 driver 1535d5962d79 wifi: remove orphaned orinoco driver 6b9dbaff83d6 wifi: remove orphaned ray_cs driver 238349207cd3 wifi: remove orphaned wl3501 driver bec95598b24a wifi: remove orphaned rndis_wlan driver I dropped this patch as we got several reports about people using the driver: [RFC] wifi: remove ipw2100/ipw2200 drivers The patches are queued for v6.8. Arnd, thanks a lot for cleaning this up!
From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> As discussed previously, a lot of the older wifi drivers are likely entirely unused, Though we can't know for sure. As suggested by both Greg and Jakub, let's remove the ones that look are most likely to have no users left and also get in the way of the wext cleanup. If anyone is still using any of these, we can revert the driver removal individually. I would suggest merging these for net-next after 6.7-rc1 is out, to give them the maximum amount of time for users to speak up before a release comes out. This kills off all pcmcia wifi drivers, and all wext users in drivers/net/wireless, but not the ps3-gelic-wireless driver in drivers/net/ethernet, or the staging drivers. In staging, rtl8192u was already removed in the meantime, while rtl8712 and rtl8192e are apparently still used. I have not been able to find out whether ks7010 is still in use. Arnd Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20231011080955.1beeb010@kernel.org/ Arnd Bergmann (10): wifi: libertas: drop 16-bit PCMCIA support wifi: atmel: remove wext style at76c50x drivers wifi: remove orphaned cisco/aironet driver wifi: remove obsolete hostap driver wifi: remove orphaned zd1201 driver wifi: remove orphaned orinoco driver wifi: remove orphaned ray_cs driver wifi: remove orphaned wl3501 driver wifi: remove orphaned rndis_wlan driver [RFC] wifi: remove ipw2100/ipw2200 drivers .../networking/device_drivers/wifi/index.rst | 20 - .../device_drivers/wifi/intel/ipw2100.rst | 323 - .../device_drivers/wifi/intel/ipw2200.rst | 526 - .../networking/device_drivers/wifi/ray_cs.rst | 165 - MAINTAINERS | 49 - drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig | 3 - drivers/net/wireless/Makefile | 2 - drivers/net/wireless/atmel/Kconfig | 35 - drivers/net/wireless/atmel/Makefile | 4 - drivers/net/wireless/atmel/atmel.c | 4452 ------ drivers/net/wireless/atmel/atmel.h | 31 - drivers/net/wireless/atmel/atmel_cs.c | 292 - drivers/net/wireless/atmel/atmel_pci.c | 65 - drivers/net/wireless/cisco/Kconfig | 59 - drivers/net/wireless/cisco/Makefile | 3 - drivers/net/wireless/cisco/airo.c | 8288 ----------- drivers/net/wireless/cisco/airo.h | 10 - drivers/net/wireless/cisco/airo_cs.c | 218 - drivers/net/wireless/intel/Kconfig | 1 - drivers/net/wireless/intel/Makefile | 3 - drivers/net/wireless/intel/ipw2x00/Kconfig | 195 - drivers/net/wireless/intel/ipw2x00/Makefile | 15 - drivers/net/wireless/intel/ipw2x00/ipw.h | 20 - drivers/net/wireless/intel/ipw2x00/ipw2100.c | 8587 ----------- drivers/net/wireless/intel/ipw2x00/ipw2100.h | 1142 -- drivers/net/wireless/intel/ipw2x00/ipw2200.c | 11965 ---------------- drivers/net/wireless/intel/ipw2x00/ipw2200.h | 1984 --- drivers/net/wireless/intel/ipw2x00/libipw.h | 1001 -- .../net/wireless/intel/ipw2x00/libipw_geo.c | 179 - .../wireless/intel/ipw2x00/libipw_module.c | 297 - .../net/wireless/intel/ipw2x00/libipw_rx.c | 1737 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