Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: remove unused function declarations

[Dan Carpenter]

On Mon, Jun 22, 2026 at 10:55:43AM +0530, Aditya Chari wrote:
> rtl8192c_translate_rx_signal_stuff() and rtl8192c_query_rx_desc_status()
> are declared in rtl8192c_recv.h but have no implementation and no
> caller anywhere in the kernel tree. They are leftover from when this
> driver was derived from Realtek's shared vendor codebase covering
> multiple chip families.
> 
> Verified via grep across the full tree that neither symbol is
> referenced outside this declaration, and confirmed via a full build
> of the module before and after removal that no warnings or errors
> are introduced.
> 
> This addresses the "find and remove any code for other chips that is
> left over" item in the driver's TODO file.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Aditya Chari <adi25charis@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---

You're working against an old tree.  Work against linux-next or
devel-next.

regards,
dan carpenter