From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D7F7EC55179 for ; Thu, 29 Oct 2020 14:27:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 86FA120EDD for ; Thu, 29 Oct 2020 14:27:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727525AbgJ2O1B (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 Oct 2020 10:27:01 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:36432 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727217AbgJ2O0L (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 Oct 2020 10:26:11 -0400 Received: from sipsolutions.net (s3.sipsolutions.net [IPv6:2a01:4f8:191:4433::2]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 98665C0613D2; Thu, 29 Oct 2020 07:26:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: by sipsolutions.net with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_SECP256R1__RSA_PSS_RSAE_SHA256__AES_256_GCM:256) (Exim 4.94) (envelope-from ) id 1kY8s6-00EpZx-Ey; Thu, 29 Oct 2020 15:25:46 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH, net -> staging, v2] wimax: move out to staging From: Johannes Berg To: Arnd Bergmann , "David S. Miller" , Jakub Kicinski , Greg Kroah-Hartman Cc: Arnd Bergmann , Inaky Perez-Gonzalez , Jonathan Corbet , linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, devel@driverdev.osuosl.org Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2020 15:25:30 +0100 In-Reply-To: <20201029134722.3965095-1-arnd@kernel.org> References: <20201029134722.3965095-1-arnd@kernel.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" User-Agent: Evolution 3.36.5 (3.36.5-1.fc32) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 2020-10-29 at 14:43 +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > From: Arnd Bergmann > > There are no known users of this driver as of October 2020, and it will > be removed unless someone turns out to still need it in future releases. > > According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WiMAX_networks, there > have been many public wimax networks, but it appears that many of these > have migrated to LTE or discontinued their service altogether. > As most PCs and phones lack WiMAX hardware support, the remaining > networks tend to use standalone routers. These almost certainly > run Linux, but not a modern kernel or the mainline wimax driver stack. > > NetworkManager appears to have dropped userspace support in 2015 > https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=747846, the > www.linuxwimax.org > site had already shut down earlier. > > WiMax is apparently still being deployed on airport campus networks > ("AeroMACS"), but in a frequency band that was not supported by the old > Intel 2400m (used in Sandy Bridge laptops and earlier), which is the > only driver using the kernel's wimax stack. > > Move all files into drivers/staging/wimax, including the uapi header > files and documentation, to make it easier to remove it when it gets > to that. Only minimal changes are made to the source files, in order > to make it possible to port patches across the move. > > Also remove the MAINTAINERS entry that refers to a broken mailing > list and website. > > Suggested-by: Inaky Perez-Gonzalez > Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann > --- > changes in v2: > - fix a build regression > - add more information about remaining networks (Dan Carpenter)_ > > For v1, Greg said he'd appply the patch when he gets an Ack > from the maintainers. > > Inaky, Johannes, Jakub: are you happy with this version? Sure, looks fine to me. Acked-by: Johannes Berg Not that I have much relation to this code other than having fixed up genetlink stuff over the years :) johannes