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staging: rtl8712: Remove driver using deprecated API wext
commit 41e883c upstream. This driver is in the staging area since 2010. The following reasons lead to the removal: - This driver generates maintenance workload for itself and for API wext - A MAC80211 driver was available in 2016 time frame; This driver does not compile anymore but would be a better starting point than the current driver. Here the note from the TODO file: A replacement for this driver with MAC80211 support is available at https://github.com/chunkeey/rtl8192su - no progress changing to mac80211 - Using this hardware is security wise not state of the art as WPA3 is not supported. Find further discussions in the Link below. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-staging/a02e3e0b-8a9b-47d5-87cf-2c957a474daa@gmail.com/T/#t Signed-off-by: Philipp Hortmann <philipp.g.hortmann@gmail.com> Tested-by: Dominik Karol Piątkowski <dominik.karol.piatkowski@protonmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241020144933.10956-1-philipp.g.hortmann@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> [groeck: Resolved conflicts; dropped statement about hardware support in longterm kernels] Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/stable/20251204021604.GA843400@ax162/T/#t Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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MAINTAINERS

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STAGING - REALTEK RTL8712U DRIVERS
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STAGING - SEPS525 LCD CONTROLLER DRIVERS
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drivers/staging/Kconfig

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obj-$(CONFIG_RTL8192U) += rtl8192u/
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obj-$(CONFIG_RTL8192E) += rtl8192e/
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obj-$(CONFIG_RTL8723BS) += rtl8723bs/
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obj-$(CONFIG_R8712U) += rtl8712/
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obj-$(CONFIG_RTS5208) += rts5208/
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obj-$(CONFIG_OCTEON_ETHERNET) += octeon/
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obj-$(CONFIG_VT6655) += vt6655/

drivers/staging/rtl8712/Kconfig

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drivers/staging/rtl8712/Makefile

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drivers/staging/rtl8712/TODO

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drivers/staging/rtl8712/basic_types.h

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drivers/staging/rtl8712/drv_types.h

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drivers/staging/rtl8712/ethernet.h

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