Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 01/10] appletalk: make localtalk and ppp support conditional

From: Jakub Kicinski <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2023 17:07:32 -0700

On Wed, 11 Oct 2023 17:57:38 +0200 Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> The .ndo_do_ioctl() netdev operation used to be how one communicates
> with a network driver from userspace, but since my previous cleanup [1],
> it is purely internal to the kernel.
> 
> Removing the cops appletalk/localtalk driver made me revisit the
> missing pieces from that older series, removing all the unused
> implementations in wireless drivers as well as the two kernel-internal
> callers in the ieee802154 and appletalk stacks.
> 
> One ethernet driver was already merged in the meantime that should
> have used .ndo_eth_ioctl instead of .ndo_do_ioctl, so fix that as well.
> With the complete removal, any future drivers making this mistake
> cause build failures that are easier to spot.
> 
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/[email-masked]/

Kalle, Johannes, do these apply for you?
I'm getting a small conflict on patch 8 and bigger one on patch 9.
If this applies for you maybe you can take it and flush out
wireless-next soon after?