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| author | Fabio M. De Francesco <fmdefrancesco@gmail.com> | 2021-08-27 12:08:13 +0200 |
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| committer | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> | 2021-08-27 16:16:11 +0200 |
| commit | 71419e03d85ff3e46b3c61238bd1e369f313c280 (patch) | |
| tree | 827f5596cba0f6e9833dbbb57a803f9cc33f27c8 | |
| parent | staging: r8188eu: remove unneeded variable (diff) | |
| download | linux-71419e03d85ff3e46b3c61238bd1e369f313c280.tar.xz linux-71419e03d85ff3e46b3c61238bd1e369f313c280.zip | |
staging: r8188eu: Provide a TODO file for this driver
Provide a TODO file that lists the tasks that should be carried out in
order to move this driver off drivers/staging.
Acked-by: Phillip Potter <phil@philpotter.co.uk>
Signed-off-by: Fabio M. De Francesco <fmdefrancesco@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210827100813.18610-1-fmdefrancesco@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/staging/r8188eu/TODO | 13 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
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. |