On Dec 14, 2007 6:40 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Agreed. As a b43legacy maintainer, I'd be happy to know if Ingo > suggests other ways to smooth out the transition. I haven't read > proposals yet.
This isn't rocket science guys. Put a file in somewhere in your tree called ReleaseAnnouncement or something, and ask Linus to adjust his kernel release process to include the contents of `cat $( find . -name ReleaseAnnouncement )` in the release message he sends out. Clear out the file after the release. Include things such as "bcm43xx is scheduled for removal. build both b43 and b43legacy as a replacement. Be sure to download the latest firmware from $URL and follow the instructions there to extract the correct latest firmware necessary for your chip. There are known incompatibilities with old udev versions, please ensure blah blah blah." Ray -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/