From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from ra.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.52]:3979 "EHLO ra.tuxdriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751807AbXKUU1W (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 Nov 2007 15:27:22 -0500 From: "John W. Linville" To: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Cc: rjw@sisk.pl, larry.finger@lwfinger.net, stefano.brivio@polimi.it, mb@bu3sch.de, bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de, "John W. Linville" Subject: [PATCH] softmac: mark as obsolete and schedule for removal Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 15:26:41 -0500 Message-Id: <1195676801-30719-1-git-send-email-linville@tuxdriver.com> (sfid-20071121_202729_838931_86E9D725) In-Reply-To: <200711211920.48640.mb@bu3sch.de> References: <200711211920.48640.mb@bu3sch.de> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Schedule softmac for for removal in the 2.6.26 development window. Signed-off-by: John W. Linville --- Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 8 ++++++++ net/ieee80211/Kconfig | 5 +++-- 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index c057e36..aeaa129 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -342,3 +342,11 @@ Why: This driver's functionality has been replaced by the Who: John W. Linville --------------------------- + +What: iee80211 softmac wireless networking component +When: 2.6.26 (or after removal of bcm43xx and port of zd1211rw to mac80211) +Files: net/ieee80211/softmac +Why: No in-kernel drivers will depend on it any longer. +Who: John W. Linville + +--------------------------- diff --git a/net/ieee80211/Kconfig b/net/ieee80211/Kconfig index 1438ade..bd50104 100644 --- a/net/ieee80211/Kconfig +++ b/net/ieee80211/Kconfig @@ -1,8 +1,9 @@ config IEEE80211 - tristate "Generic IEEE 802.11 Networking Stack" + tristate "Generic IEEE 802.11 Networking Stack (DEPRECATED)" ---help--- This option enables the hardware independent IEEE 802.11 - networking stack. + networking stack. This component is deprecated in favor of the + mac80211 component. config IEEE80211_DEBUG bool "Enable full debugging output" -- 1.5.3.3