zhong jiang <[email protected]> writes: > On 2019/9/5 21:45, Kalle Valo wrote: >> zhong jiang <[email protected]> writes: >> >>> Please ignore the patch. Because the hostap_proc.c is marked as >>> 'obsolete'. >> You mean marked in the MAINTAINERS file? I don't see that as a problem, >> I can (and should) still apply any patches submitted to hostap driver. >> > I hit the following issue when checking the patch by checkpatch.pl > > WARNING: drivers/net/wireless/intersil/hostap/hostap_proc.c is marked > as 'obsolete' in the MAINTAINERS hierarchy. > No unnecessary modifications please. > > I certainly hope it can be appiled to upstream if the above check doesn't > matter.
I have no idea why checkpatch says like that and I'm going to just ignore that warning. As long as the driver is in the tree I think it should be improved. -- https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches
