* [PATCH] ar9170usb: mark the old driver as obsolete
@ 2011-02-09 21:13 Christian Lamparter
2011-02-15 18:38 ` John W. Linville
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Christian Lamparter @ 2011-02-09 21:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-wireless; +Cc: linville
AR9170USB will be replaced by carl9170 in the foreseeable
future [2.6.39].
Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@googlemail.com>
---
diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
index b3f35e5..d47ef03 100644
--- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -35,6 +35,17 @@ Who: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com>
---------------------------
+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 <chunkeey@googlemail.com>
+
+---------------------------
+
What: IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM
Check: IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM
When: July 2009
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 97a7841..1961669 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -1205,7 +1205,7 @@ ATHEROS AR9170 WIRELESS DRIVER
M: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@web.de>
L: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
W: http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/ar9170
-S: Maintained
+S: Obsolete
F: drivers/net/wireless/ath/ar9170/
CARL9170 LINUX COMMUNITY WIRELESS DRIVER
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ar9170/Kconfig b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ar9170/Kconfig
index d7a4799..7cfaf5f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ar9170/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ar9170/Kconfig
@@ -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).
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* Re: [PATCH] ar9170usb: mark the old driver as obsolete
2011-02-09 21:13 [PATCH] ar9170usb: mark the old driver as obsolete Christian Lamparter
@ 2011-02-15 18:38 ` John W. Linville
2011-02-15 18:53 ` Christian Lamparter
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: John W. Linville @ 2011-02-15 18:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Christian Lamparter; +Cc: linux-wireless
On Wed, Feb 09, 2011 at 10:13:11PM +0100, Christian Lamparter wrote:
> 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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* Re: [PATCH] ar9170usb: mark the old driver as obsolete
2011-02-15 18:38 ` John W. Linville
@ 2011-02-15 18:53 ` Christian Lamparter
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Christian Lamparter @ 2011-02-15 18:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: John W. Linville; +Cc: linux-wireless
On Tuesday 15 February 2011 19:38:00 John W. Linville wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 09, 2011 at 10:13:11PM +0100, Christian Lamparter wrote:
> > 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
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