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Re: [PATCH 0/5] Some cleanup patches for drivers/staging/rtl8723au/core/rtw_mlme.c

From Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH 0/5] Some cleanup patches for drivers/staging/rtl8723au/core/rtw_mlme.c
Date 2016-09-06 18:10 +0200
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On Tue, 2016-09-06 at 12:00 -0400, Jes Sorensen wrote:

> Nothing wrong with these patches, however I intend to post a patch to
> remove this driver soon, so it's kind of a waste of your time to spend
> too many cycles on it.

It might be useful to mark any drivers you're
planning on removing as "Obsolete" in MAINTAINERS.

checkpatch will then emit a "don't waste your time"
message if anyone scans an obsolete driver/file.

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[PATCH 0/5] Some cleanup patches for drivers/staging/rtl8723au/core/rtw_mlme.c Matthias Beyer <mail@beyermatthias.de> - 2016-09-04 21:30 +0200
  [PATCH 3/5] drivers: staging: rtl8723au: core: Refactor pointless branching Matthias Beyer <mail@beyermatthias.de> - 2016-09-04 21:30 +0200
  [PATCH 4/5] drivers: staging: rtl8723au: core: Fix "space prohibited" warning Matthias Beyer <mail@beyermatthias.de> - 2016-09-04 21:30 +0200
  [PATCH 2/5] drivers: staging: rtl8723au: core: simplify if-break-else Matthias Beyer <mail@beyermatthias.de> - 2016-09-04 21:30 +0200
  [PATCH 5/5] drivers: staging: rtl8723au: core: Fix indentation Matthias Beyer <mail@beyermatthias.de> - 2016-09-04 21:40 +0200
  Re: [PATCH 0/5] Some cleanup patches for drivers/staging/rtl8723au/core/rtw_mlme.c Jes Sorensen <Jes.Sorensen@redhat.com> - 2016-09-06 18:10 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 0/5] Some cleanup patches for  drivers/staging/rtl8723au/core/rtw_mlme.c Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> - 2016-09-06 18:10 +0200
      Re: [PATCH 0/5] Some cleanup patches for drivers/staging/rtl8723au/core/rtw_mlme.c Jes Sorensen <Jes.Sorensen@redhat.com> - 2016-09-06 18:20 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 0/5] Some cleanup patches for  drivers/staging/rtl8723au/core/rtw_mlme.c Matthias Beyer <mail@beyermatthias.de> - 2016-09-07 09:50 +0200

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