Re: [PATCH 1/2] wireless: move prism54 out to staging

From: Greg KH
Date: Thu Aug 03 2017 - 20:42:30 EST


On Thu, Aug 03, 2017 at 04:59:36PM -0700, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> prism54 is deprecated in favor of the p54pci device driver. Although
> only *one soul* had reported issues with it long ago Linux most Linux
> distributions these days just disable the device driver given the
> conflicts with the PCI IDs of p54pci and the *very* unlikely situation
> of folks really need this driver anymore.
>
> Before trying to due away with prism54 once more stuff it into staging,
> which is our hospice for dying drivers.
>
> Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> MAINTAINERS | 4 ++--
> drivers/net/wireless/intersil/Kconfig | 20 --------------------
> drivers/net/wireless/intersil/Makefile | 1 -
> drivers/staging/Kconfig | 2 ++
> drivers/staging/Makefile | 1 +

Can I get a TODO file that says it will be deleted in a kernel release
or two so don't worry about touching anything in these files?

thanks,

greg k-h