summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>2007-11-21 15:24:35 -0500
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2008-01-28 14:55:36 -0800
commitedae58ead57319b0bcf16e48a32365145c7bf0b7 (patch)
tree8afff293b07945ea693e4fe9cc838a7e1530452a
parent003faaa17793c478ed2babc56a618396e0ef96c2 (diff)
downloadlinux-edae58ead57319b0bcf16e48a32365145c7bf0b7.tar.bz2
softmac: mark as obsolete and schedule for removal
Schedule softmac 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>
-rw-r--r--Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt8
-rw-r--r--net/ieee80211/Kconfig5
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
index 8d5f9f8b7a78..ec50a2ee7ddd 100644
--- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -315,3 +315,11 @@ Why: This driver's functionality has been replaced by the
Who: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
---------------------------
+
+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 <linville@tuxdriver.com>
+
+---------------------------
diff --git a/net/ieee80211/Kconfig b/net/ieee80211/Kconfig
index 1438adedbc83..bd501046c9c0 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"