Re: [PATCH 3/3] net: wireless: bcm43xx: big_buffer_sem semaphore to mutex

["John W. Linville" <linville@tuxdriver.com>]

On Thu, Dec 13, 2007 at 12:11:32PM +0100, Michael Buesch wrote:
> On Thursday 13 December 2007 11:13:27 Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > 
> > * Daniel Walker <dwalker@mvista.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > > This driver is scheduled for removal, so I'd not touch it anymore to 
> > > > avoid the possibility to introduce a lastminute regression. The new 
> > > > drivers (b43 and b43legacy) have this fixed (in a different way by 
> > > > completely removing it).
> > > 
> > > When is the removal scheduled?
> > 
> > $ grep -i bcm Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
> > $
> > 
> > might make sense to update this file.
> 
> Patches are on their way.
> I think it's scheduled to be removed after 2.6.25 was released.

A patch w/ subject "bcm43xx: mark as obsolete and schedule for removal"
is queued in net-2.6.25 and waiting for the 2.6.25 merge window.
It includes this hunk:

--- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -333,3 +333,12 @@ Why:	This driver has been marked obsolete for many years.
 Who:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org>
 
 ---------------------------
+
+What:	bcm43xx wireless network driver
+When:	2.6.26
+Files:	drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx
+Why:	This driver's functionality has been replaced by the
+	mac80211-based b43 and b43legacy drivers.
+Who:	John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
+
+---------------------------

Hth!

John
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John W. Linville
linville@tuxdriver.com