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[79.22.100.164]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id x9sm2939159edj.95.2021.08.27.03.08.16 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Fri, 27 Aug 2021 03:08:17 -0700 (PDT) From: "Fabio M. De Francesco" To: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net, phil@philpotter.co.uk, Fabio Aiuto , linux-staging@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Dan Carpenter Cc: "Fabio M. De Francesco" Subject: [PATCH v3] staging: r8188eu: Provide a TODO file for this driver Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2021 12:08:13 +0200 Message-Id: <20210827100813.18610-1-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 --- v2->v3: Added a task suggested by Dan Carpenter . v1->v2: According to reviews by Fabio Aiuto and Greg K-H , remove "[] is currently in development...", indent and properly wrap the lines, remove the unnecessary last paragraph. drivers/staging/r8188eu/TODO | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 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..98f918480990 --- /dev/null +++ b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/TODO @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +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. +* Fix bugs due to code that sleeps in atomic context. +* Remove the HAL layer and migrate its functionality into the relevant parts of + the driver. +* Switch to use LIB80211. +* Switch to use MAC80211. -- 2.32.0