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| author | Peter Robinson <pbrobinson@gmail.com> | 2022-10-16 12:07:40 +0100 |
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| committer | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> | 2022-10-22 09:58:50 +0200 |
| commit | 02119c5d84e327483595687821f9c38c88d2d929 (patch) | |
| tree | b408db05fbfb2209f4ab728ae7f7178d5cf8f9f7 /drivers/staging/rtl8192u | |
| parent | acd50e52a7f2e75b3109523d2f114fa46a4362c0 (diff) | |
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staging: rtl8192u: 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. It's missing from original
addition of this driver.
Signed-off-by: Peter Robinson <pbrobinson@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221016110743.1448067-1-pbrobinson@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/staging/rtl8192u')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/staging/rtl8192u/TODO | 16 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/TODO b/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/TODO new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..ab9d5d145b3b --- /dev/null +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/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. +* 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. +* Switch to use CFG80211. +* Improve the error handling of various functions, particularly those that use + existing kernel APIs. |