Re: TODO list for staging/r8188eu

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Sun Aug 22 2021 - 10:33:15 EST


On Sun, Aug 22, 2021 at 03:50:14PM +0200, Fabio M. De Francesco wrote:
> On Sunday, August 22, 2021 2:36:57 PM CEST Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > On Sun, Aug 22, 2021 at 09:41:20AM +0200, Fabio M. De Francesco wrote:
> > > Dear Larry, Philip,
> > >
> > > >From what I understand how the development process works, drivers in
> staging
> > >
> > > should have a to-do list in the TODO file. Please read https://
> www.kernel.org/
> > > doc/html/latest/process/2.Process.html?highlight=todo#staging-trees.
> > >
> > > Could you (as the maintainers of the r8188eu driver) please compile and
> > > provide the above mentioned list?
> >
> > Why don't you provide an initial list for people to work off of if you
> > feel it is needed here?
> >
> > thanks,
> >
> > greg k-h
>
> Unfortunately I'm not able to tell what is needed to do to have a driver
> improved so that it can be moved off staging. This work should be better
> addressed by someone who is much more experienced.
>
> For example, I read from other drivers TODO lists that cfg80211 and lib80211
> are required but I don't know what they are.

Those are two things that are also required here as well, like all
in-kernel wifi drivers.