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-rw-r--r--Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt3
-rw-r--r--net/wireless/Kconfig7
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
index 3d849122b5b1..33f7327d0451 100644
--- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -263,8 +263,7 @@ Who: Ravikiran Thirumalai <kiran@scalex86.org>
What: Code that is now under CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT_SYSFS
(in net/core/net-sysfs.c)
-When: After the only user (hal) has seen a release with the patches
- for enough time, probably some time in 2010.
+When: 3.5
Why: Over 1K .text/.data size reduction, data is available in other
ways (ioctls)
Who: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
diff --git a/net/wireless/Kconfig b/net/wireless/Kconfig
index 1f1ef70f34f2..2e4444fedbe0 100644
--- a/net/wireless/Kconfig
+++ b/net/wireless/Kconfig
@@ -121,15 +121,16 @@ config CFG80211_WEXT
config WIRELESS_EXT_SYSFS
bool "Wireless extensions sysfs files"
- default y
depends on WEXT_CORE && SYSFS
help
This option enables the deprecated wireless statistics
files in /sys/class/net/*/wireless/. The same information
is available via the ioctls as well.
- Say Y if you have programs using it, like old versions of
- hal.
+ Say N. If you know you have ancient tools requiring it,
+ like very old versions of hal (prior to 0.5.12 release),
+ say Y and update the tools as soon as possible as this
+ option will be removed soon.
config LIB80211
tristate "Common routines for IEEE802.11 drivers"