Re: [PATCH v3] staging: r8188eu: Provide a TODO file for this driver

[Phillip Potter]

On Fri, 27 Aug 2021 at 11:08, Fabio M. De Francesco
<fmdefrancesco@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Provide a TODO file that lists the tasks that should be carried out in
> order to move this driver off drivers/staging.
>
> Signed-off-by: Fabio M. De Francesco <fmdefrancesco@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> v2->v3: Added a task suggested by Dan Carpenter
> <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>.
> v1->v2: According to reviews by Fabio Aiuto <fabioaiuto83@xxxxxxxxx> and Greg K-H
>         <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, remove "[] is currently in development...",
>         indent and properly wrap the lines, remove the unnecessary last paragraph.
>
>  drivers/staging/r8188eu/TODO | 13 +++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 drivers/staging/r8188eu/TODO
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/TODO b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/TODO
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..98f918480990
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/TODO
> @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
> +To-do list:
> +
> +* Correct the coding style according to Linux guidelines; please read the document
> +  at https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/coding-style.html.
> +* Remove unnecessary debugging/printing macros; for those that are still needed
> +  use the proper kernel API (pr_debug(), dev_dbg(), netdev_dbg()).
> +* Remove dead code such as unusued functions, variables, fields, etc..
> +* Use in-kernel API and remove unnecessary wrappers where possible.
> +* Fix bugs due to code that sleeps in atomic context.
> +* Remove the HAL layer and migrate its functionality into the relevant parts of
> +  the driver.
> +* Switch to use LIB80211.
> +* Switch to use MAC80211.
> --
> 2.32.0
>

Looks good to me. Thanks.

Acked-by: Phillip Potter <phil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Regards,
Phil