Seeing that the discussion about this has ebbed out but the last version of this patch has disappeared again from the -mm tree, permit me another attempt to get this fixed:
From: Tilman Schmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
According to the definitions recently posted on LKML, the maturity label
for the ISDN4Linux subsystem is wrong. This patch corrects it and also
clarifies the accompanying help text a bit.
Signed-off-by: Tilman Schmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---
--- a/drivers/isdn/Kconfig 2007-02-04 19:44:54.000000000 +0100
+++ b/drivers/isdn/Kconfig 2007-05-28 14:48:54.000000000 +0200
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ menu "Old ISDN4Linux"
depends on NET && ISDN
config ISDN_I4L
- tristate "Old ISDN4Linux (obsolete)"
+ tristate "Old ISDN4Linux (deprecated)"
---help---
- This driver allows you to use an ISDN-card for networking
+ This subsystem allows you to use an ISDN adapter for networking
connections and as dialin/out device. The isdn-tty's have a built
in AT-compatible modem emulator. Network devices support autodial,
channel-bundling, callback and caller-authentication without having
@@ -38,8 +38,9 @@ config ISDN_I4L
ISDN support in the linux kernel is moving towards a new API,
called CAPI (Common ISDN Application Programming Interface).
- Therefore the old ISDN4Linux layer is becoming obsolete. It is
- still usable, though, if you select this option.
+ Therefore the old ISDN4Linux layer will eventually become obsolete.
+ It is still available, though, for use with adapters that are not
+ supported by the new CAPI subsystem yet.
if ISDN_I4L
source "drivers/isdn/i4l/Kconfig"
--
Tilman Schmidt E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bonn, Germany
In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice.
In practice, there is.
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