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| author | Christian Lamparter | 2011-02-09 22:13:11 +0100 |
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| committer | John W. Linville | 2011-02-21 15:39:56 -0500 |
| commit | f456228365bf3615bc6837c363653f31df66abff (patch) | |
| tree | 82ca2ece60dcba6698deaf27b52f5bdca8a31d2f | |
| parent | b67afe7f43afd2f5cd98798993561920c1684c12 (diff) | |
ar9170usb: mark the old driver as obsolete
AR9170USB will be replaced by carl9170 in the foreseeable
future [2.6.40].
Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@googlemail.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | MAINTAINERS | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/wireless/ath/ar9170/Kconfig | 4 |
3 files changed, 15 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index 8c594c45b6a1..ab274856c6a2 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: 2.6.40 + +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 2b35b6c84e2c..95482e9e5ba5 100644 --- a/MAINTAINERS +++ b/MAINTAINERS @@ -1199,7 +1199,7 @@ 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 d7a4799d20fb..7b9672b0d090 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). |