ar9170usb: mark the old driver as obsolete
PATCH 1/1 ar9170usb: mark the old driver as obsolete
AR9170USB will be replaced by carl9170 in the foreseeable future [2.6.39].
Signed-off-by Christian Lamparter <[email protected]>
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Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +11 -0
@@ -35,6 +35,17 @@ Who: Luis R. Rodriguez <[email protected]> --------------------------- +What: AR9170USB +When: 2.6.39 + +Why: This driver is deprecated and the firmware is no longer + maintained. The replacement driver "carl9170" has been + around for a while, so the devices are still supported. + +Who: Christian Lamparter <[email protected]> + +--------------------------- + What: IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM Check: IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM When: July 2009
MAINTAINERS +1 -1
@@ -1205,7 +1205,7 @@ ATHEROS AR9170 WIRELESS DRIVER M: Christian Lamparter <[email protected]> L: [email protected] W: http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/ar9170 -S: Maintained +S: Obsolete F: drivers/net/wireless/ath/ar9170/ CARL9170 LINUX COMMUNITY WIRELESS DRIVER
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ar9170/Kconfig +3 -1
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@ config AR9170_USB - tristate "Atheros AR9170 802.11n USB support" + tristate "Atheros AR9170 802.11n USB support (OBSOLETE)" depends on USB && MAC80211 select FW_LOADER help + This driver is going to get replaced by carl9170. + This is a driver for the Atheros "otus" 802.11n USB devices. These devices require additional firmware (2 files).
Quoted 2 lines · Christian Lamparter
AR9170USB will be replaced by carl9170 in the foreseeable future [2.6.39].
How about if we mark this as 2.6.40 instead?
John
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Quoted 5 lines · On Tuesday 15 February 2011 19:38:00 John W. Linville wrote:
Quoted 2 lines · Christian Lamparter
AR9170USB will be replaced by carl9170 in the foreseeable future [2.6.39].
How about if we mark this as 2.6.40 instead?
ok, make that "after" 2.6.39. ;)
Regards,
Chr