From 003faaa17793c478ed2babc56a618396e0ef96c2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "John W. Linville" <linville@tuxdriver.com> Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 22:48:37 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] bcm43xx: mark as obsolete and schedule for removal Schedule bcm43xx for for removal in the 2.6.26 development window. Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> --- Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 9 +++++++++ MAINTAINERS | 2 +- drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/Kconfig | 9 ++++++--- 3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index 25370662cc5d0..8d5f9f8b7a78e 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -306,3 +306,12 @@ Why: These drivers are superseded by i810fb, intelfb and savagefb. Who: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.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wireless network driver +When: 2.6.26 +Files: drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx +Why: This driver's functionality has been replaced by the + mac80211-based b43 and b43legacy drivers.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> + +--------------------------- diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS index 6de909fe2013e..2c848b46dbac7 100644 --- a/MAINTAINERS +++ b/MAINTAINERS @@ -809,7 +809,7 @@ P: Stefano Brivio M: stefano.brivio@polimi.it L: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org W: http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ -S: Maintained +S: Obsolete BEFS FILE SYSTEM P: Sergey S. Kostyliov diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/Kconfig b/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/Kconfig index ce397e4284f4e..0159701e84563 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/Kconfig @@ -1,12 +1,15 @@ config BCM43XX - tristate "Broadcom BCM43xx wireless support" + tristate "Broadcom BCM43xx wireless support (DEPRECATED)" depends on PCI && IEEE80211 && IEEE80211_SOFTMAC && WLAN_80211 && EXPERIMENTAL select WIRELESS_EXT select FW_LOADER select HW_RANDOM ---help--- - This is an experimental driver for the Broadcom 43xx wireless chip, - found in the Apple Airport Extreme and various other devices. + This is an experimental driver for the Broadcom 43xx wireless + chip, found in the Apple Airport Extreme and various other + devices. This driver is deprecated and will be removed + from the kernel in the near future. It has been replaced + by the b43 and b43legacy drivers. config BCM43XX_DEBUG bool "Broadcom BCM43xx debugging (RECOMMENDED)" -- GitLab