Schedule softmac for for removal in the 2.6.26 development window.
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---
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@@ -342,3 +342,11 @@ Why: This driver's functionality has been replaced
by the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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---------------------------
+
+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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
+
+---------------------------
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
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