[Buildroot] [git commit] package/hostapd: remove support for Realtek drivers

[Thomas Petazzoni]

commit: https://git.buildroot.net/buildroot/commit/?id=b35ac6fac91991c4281b8e663225ee9f4425ed96
branch: https://git.buildroot.net/buildroot/commit/?id=refs/heads/master

After hostapd update to 2.9, the patch provided no longer works,
although applies. Moreover, AP support for Realtek chips is broken
anyway in kernels > 4.9.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Mukhin <alexander.i.mukhin at gmail.com>
[Thomas: add Config.in.legacy handling]
Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni at bootlin.com>
---
 Config.in.legacy             | 10 ++++++++++
 package/hostapd/Config.in    |  7 -------
 package/hostapd/hostapd.hash |  1 -
 package/hostapd/hostapd.mk   |  5 -----
 4 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Config.in.legacy b/Config.in.legacy
index 72c364ecb5..61162e66e3 100644
--- a/Config.in.legacy
+++ b/Config.in.legacy
@@ -146,6 +146,16 @@ endif
 
 comment "Legacy options removed in 2019.11"
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_HOSTAPD_DRIVER_RTW
+	bool "hostapd rtl871xdrv driver removed"
+	select BR2_LEGACY
+	help
+	  Since the update of hostapd to 2.9, the patch provided for
+	  the rtl871xdrv no longer works, although it
+	  applies. Moreover, AP support for Realtek chips is broken
+	  anyway in kernels > 4.9. Therefore, this option has been
+	  removed.
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_WPA_SUPPLICANT_DBUS_NEW
 	bool "new dbus support option in wpa_supplicant was renamed"
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_WPA_SUPPLICANT_DBUS if BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
diff --git a/package/hostapd/Config.in b/package/hostapd/Config.in
index 37c1126859..8a7abbb901 100644
--- a/package/hostapd/Config.in
+++ b/package/hostapd/Config.in
@@ -31,12 +31,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_HOSTAPD_DRIVER_NL80211
 comment "nl80211 driver needs a toolchain w/ threads"
 	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 
-config BR2_PACKAGE_HOSTAPD_DRIVER_RTW
-	bool "Enable rtl871xdrv driver"
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_HOSTAPD_HAS_WIFI_DRIVERS
-	help
-	  Enable support for Realtek wireless chips.
-
 config BR2_PACKAGE_HOSTAPD_DRIVER_WIRED
 	bool "Enable wired driver"
 	help
@@ -47,7 +41,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_HOSTAPD_DRIVER_NONE
 	default y
 	depends on !BR2_PACKAGE_HOSTAPD_DRIVER_HOSTAP
 	depends on !BR2_PACKAGE_HOSTAPD_DRIVER_NL80211
-	depends on !BR2_PACKAGE_HOSTAPD_DRIVER_RTW
 	depends on !BR2_PACKAGE_HOSTAPD_DRIVER_WIRED
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_HOSTAPD_HAS_WIFI_DRIVERS
diff --git a/package/hostapd/hostapd.hash b/package/hostapd/hostapd.hash
index 50225cf6d7..bf5016acc3 100644
--- a/package/hostapd/hostapd.hash
+++ b/package/hostapd/hostapd.hash
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 # Locally calculated
 sha256  881d7d6a90b2428479288d64233151448f8990ab4958e0ecaca7eeb3c9db2bd7  hostapd-2.9.tar.gz
-sha256  e204da659d0583c71af23cb9b55536fe99598ee26a44104344f456e4d17350c6  rtlxdrv.patch
 sha256  9da5dd0776da266b180b915e460ff75c6ff729aca1196ab396529510f24f3761  README
diff --git a/package/hostapd/hostapd.mk b/package/hostapd/hostapd.mk
index f55e716a7c..fb6ac8fb2e 100644
--- a/package/hostapd/hostapd.mk
+++ b/package/hostapd/hostapd.mk
@@ -39,11 +39,6 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_HOSTAPD_DRIVER_NL80211),)
 HOSTAPD_CONFIG_DISABLE += CONFIG_DRIVER_NL80211
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_HOSTAPD_DRIVER_RTW),y)
-HOSTAPD_PATCH += https://github.com/pritambaral/hostapd-rtl871xdrv/raw/master/rtlxdrv.patch
-HOSTAPD_CONFIG_SET += CONFIG_DRIVER_RTW
-endif
-
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_HOSTAPD_DRIVER_WIRED),y)
 HOSTAPD_CONFIG_ENABLE += CONFIG_DRIVER_WIRED
 endif