Re: [PATCH 6.12 114/132] [PATCH v6.12] staging: rtl8712: Remove driver using deprecated API wext
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Date: 2025-12-04 16:43:43
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On Thu, Dec 04, 2025 at 08:31:29AM -0800, Barry K. Nathan wrote:
On 12/3/25 07:29, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:quoted
6.12-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Philipp Hortmann <redacted> commit e8785404de06a69d89dcdd1e9a0b6ea42dc6d327 upstream.As far as I can tell, this isn't the correct upstream commit. Commit e8785404de06a69d89dcdd1e9a0b6ea42dc6d327 upstream is "Bluetooth: MGMT: fix crash in set_mesh_sync and set_mesh_complete" and I think the actual upstream commit for this patch is 41e883c137ebe6eec042658ef750cbb0529f6ca8.
Good catch! I'll go fix that up in all trees, thanks.
Once the incorrect upstream commit ID caught my attention, I also noticed the following:quoted
The longterm kernels will still support this hardware for years.The commit messages for the 5.15, 6.1, and 6.6 backports removed this line. (I'm mentioning this because I'm guessing the 6.12 backport commit message was also supposed to remove it.)quoted
Find further discussions in the Link below. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-staging/a02e3e0b-8a9b-47d5-87cf-2c957a474daa@gmail.com/T/#t (local) Signed-off-by: Philipp Hortmann <redacted> Tested-by: Dominik Karol Piątkowski <redacted> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241020144933.10956-1-philipp.g.hortmann@gmail.com (local) Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> [groeck: Resolved conflicts] Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>Another link that I believe does a better job of explaining why this driver is being removed from LTS kernels, and why now: Link: https://lore.kernel.org/stable/20251204021604.GA843400@ax162/T/#t (local)
Good point, I'll go make these changes, thanks! greg k-h