Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: remove unused NDIS definitions
From: Greg KH
Date: Thu Oct 01 2026 - 01:40:56 EST
On Wed, Sep 09, 2026 at 07:54:13PM +0000, Balazs Moro wrote:
> NDIS_802_11_RATES has had no users since the driver was added.
> NDIS_802_11_PMKID_VALUE became unused when struct BSSIDInfo was
> removed.
>
> Remove the unused typedefs and NDIS_802_11_LENGTH_RATES, which was
> only used by NDIS_802_11_RATES.
>
> Signed-off-by: Balazs Moro <balazs.moro@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/rtw_ioctl_set.h | 2 --
> drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/wlan_bssdef.h | 2 --
> 2 files changed, 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/rtw_ioctl_set.h b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/rtw_ioctl_set.h
> index 768e4868ecfd..020b143f36be 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/rtw_ioctl_set.h
> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/rtw_ioctl_set.h
> @@ -7,8 +7,6 @@
> #ifndef __RTW_IOCTL_SET_H_
> #define __RTW_IOCTL_SET_H_
>
> -typedef u8 NDIS_802_11_PMKID_VALUE[16];
> -
> u8 rtw_set_802_11_authentication_mode(struct adapter *pdapter, enum ndis_802_11_authentication_mode authmode);
> u8 rtw_set_802_11_add_wep(struct adapter *padapter, struct ndis_802_11_wep *wep);
> u8 rtw_set_802_11_disassociate(struct adapter *padapter);
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/wlan_bssdef.h b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/wlan_bssdef.h
> index f4c1456f1476..ff2cee2f3b99 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/wlan_bssdef.h
> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/wlan_bssdef.h
> @@ -12,10 +12,8 @@
>
>
> #define NDIS_802_11_LENGTH_SSID 32
> -#define NDIS_802_11_LENGTH_RATES 8
> #define NDIS_802_11_LENGTH_RATES_EX 16
>
> -typedef unsigned char NDIS_802_11_RATES[NDIS_802_11_LENGTH_RATES]; /* Set of 8 data rates */
> typedef unsigned char NDIS_802_11_RATES_EX[NDIS_802_11_LENGTH_RATES_EX]; /* Set of 16 data rates */
>
> struct ndis_802_11_ssid {
> --
> 2.47.3
>
>
>
Does not apply to the staging-testing tree :(