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* [PATCH 0/5] Remove non-standard ioctls
@ 2014-07-01 17:02 navin patidar
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From: navin patidar @ 2014-07-01 17:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: gregkh; +Cc: Larry.Finger, devel, linux-kernel, navin patidar

Driver implements many WEXT_PRIV (non-standard) ioctl handlers to provide
userspace interface for following functionalities.

* WPS ( Not working )
* Debugging ( Setting/Getting register's value, dumping information)
* P2P mode
* Mesh point MP (Mode)

I suggest we should remove all functionalities which are using non-standard
ioctls, as a result of doing this the driver code complexity will reduce.
And once the driver is switched to use mac80211 framework, we can reimplement
functionalities mentioned above in a standard way.

navin patidar (5):
  staging: rtl8188eu: Remove WEXT_PRIV private ioctl handlers
  staging: rtl8188eu: Remove files rtw_mp_ioctl.[c,h]
  staging: rtl8188eu: Remove usb_osintf.h header file.
  staging: rtl8188eu: Remove mp( mesh point) mode support
  staging: rtl8188eu: Remove P2P support

 drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/Makefile               |    4 -
 drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_ap.c          |    8 -
 drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_cmd.c         |   66 -
 drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_ieee80211.c   |  208 +-
 drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_ioctl_set.c   |    2 -
 drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_mlme.c        |   18 +-
 drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c    | 3157 +----------
 drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_mp.c          |  995 ----
 drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_mp_ioctl.c    | 1430 -----
 drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_p2p.c         | 2015 -------
 drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_pwrctrl.c     |   37 +-
 drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_recv.c        |   27 -
 drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_wlan_util.c   |    9 -
 drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_xmit.c        |    1 -
 drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/hal/HalPhyRf_8188e.c   |   11 -
 drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/hal/rtl8188e_cmd.c     |   72 -
 drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/hal/rtl8188e_mp.c      |  854 ---
 drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/hal/rtl8188eu_xmit.c   |    3 -
 drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/hal/usb_halinit.c      |   60 +-
 drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/include/drv_types.h    |    8 -
 drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/include/ieee80211.h    |   13 -
 drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/include/osdep_intf.h   |    5 +-
 drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/include/rtl8188e_cmd.h |    4 -
 drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/include/rtl8188e_hal.h |    4 -
 drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/include/rtw_cmd.h      |    3 -
 drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/include/rtw_mlme_ext.h |   12 -
 drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/include/rtw_mp.h       |  495 --
 drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/include/rtw_mp_ioctl.h |  340 --
 drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/include/rtw_p2p.h      |  135 -
 drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/include/sta_info.h     |   15 -
 drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/include/usb_osintf.h   |   38 -
 drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c   | 6403 +++-------------------
 drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/os_intfs.c      |   37 +-
 drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/usb_intf.c      |   23 +-
 drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/xmit_linux.c    |    1 -
 35 files changed, 941 insertions(+), 15572 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_mp.c
 delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_mp_ioctl.c
 delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_p2p.c
 delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/hal/rtl8188e_mp.c
 delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/include/rtw_mp.h
 delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/include/rtw_mp_ioctl.h
 delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/include/rtw_p2p.h
 delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/include/usb_osintf.h

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1.7.10.4


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