Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | "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 |
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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 <fmdefrancesco@gmail.com> ---
v2->v3: Added a task suggested by Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>. v1->v2: According to reviews by Fabio Aiuto <fabioaiuto83@gmail.com> and Greg K-H <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>, 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
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