Re: [PATCH] [RFC] wireless: move obsolete drivers to staging

From: Johannes Berg
Date: Thu Oct 12 2023 - 11:41:41 EST


On Thu, 2023-10-12 at 17:39 +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> Hi Johannes,
>
> On Thu, Oct 12, 2023 at 5:28 PM Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Thu, 2023-10-12 at 16:36 +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > >
> > > ps3-gelic-wireless
> >
> > Didn't Sony disable Linux on PS3 eventually? Though maybe someone still
> > has some devices with old software.
>
> If you didn't update the firmware, you could keep on using Linux.
>
> And people may have found a vulnerability in more recent firmware
> versions that allows them to run custom software.

Yeah, fair.

> I don't know, it's been +10 years ago I touched a PS3 ;-)

I never had one :-)

But seriously - is it worth to try to keep a wireless driver for it if
we don't even know anyone using a PS3 at all?

But maybe we'll find someone :-)

johannes