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[79.22.100.164]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id u9sm845358edo.37.2021.08.25.18.50.06 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Wed, 25 Aug 2021 18:50:07 -0700 (PDT) From: "Fabio M. De Francesco" To: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net, phil@philpotter.co.uk, linux-staging@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: "Fabio M. De Francesco" Subject: [PATCH] staging: r8188eu: Provide a TODO file for this driver Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2021 03:49:59 +0200 Message-Id: <20210826014959.26857-1-fmdefrancesco@gmail.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.32.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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 --- Thanks to Phillip Potter for for providing the first draft. drivers/staging/r8188eu/TODO | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 16 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..4bccca69abac --- /dev/null +++ b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/TODO @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +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. +* Remove the HAL layer and migrate its functionality into the relevant parts of +the driver. +* Switch to use LIB80211 (This work is currently in development by Larry Finger). +* Switch to use MAC80211 (This work is currently in development by Larry Finger). + +Please send any patches to Greg Kroah-Hartman , +Larry Finger , Phillip Potter +and CC linux-staging@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org. -- 2.32.0