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authorJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>2008-01-27 22:48:37 -0800
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2008-01-28 14:55:35 -0800
commit003faaa17793c478ed2babc56a618396e0ef96c2 (patch)
treeb575dd6c437ec24e14d1b28c571d7579b643d8a4
parent88fecd092e2e7677f8e3f5ab32c16d801bc85fd6 (diff)
downloadlinux-003faaa17793c478ed2babc56a618396e0ef96c2.tar.gz
bcm43xx: mark as obsolete and schedule for removal
Schedule bcm43xx for for removal in the 2.6.26 development window.

Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
-rw-r--r--Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt9
-rw-r--r--MAINTAINERS2
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/Kconfig9
3 files changed, 16 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
index 25370662cc5d..8d5f9f8b7a78 100644
--- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -306,3 +306,12 @@ Why:	These drivers are superseded by i810fb, intelfb and savagefb.
 Who:	Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
 
 ---------------------------
+
+What:	bcm43xx wireless network driver
+When:	2.6.26
+Files:	drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx
+Why:	This driver's functionality has been replaced by the
+	mac80211-based b43 and b43legacy drivers.
+Who:	John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
+
+---------------------------
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 6de909fe2013..2c848b46dbac 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -809,7 +809,7 @@ P:	Stefano Brivio
 M:	stefano.brivio@polimi.it
 L:	linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
 W:	http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/
-S:	Maintained
+S:	Obsolete
 
 BEFS FILE SYSTEM
 P:	Sergey S. Kostyliov
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/Kconfig b/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/Kconfig
index ce397e4284f4..0159701e8456 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/Kconfig
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
 config BCM43XX
-	tristate "Broadcom BCM43xx wireless support"
+	tristate "Broadcom BCM43xx wireless support (DEPRECATED)"
 	depends on PCI && IEEE80211 && IEEE80211_SOFTMAC && WLAN_80211 && EXPERIMENTAL
 	select WIRELESS_EXT
 	select FW_LOADER
 	select HW_RANDOM
 	---help---
-	  This is an experimental driver for the Broadcom 43xx wireless chip,
-	  found in the Apple Airport Extreme and various other devices.
+	  This is an experimental driver for the Broadcom 43xx wireless
+	  chip, found in the Apple Airport Extreme and various other
+	  devices.  This driver is deprecated and will be removed
+	  from the kernel in the near future.  It has been replaced
+	  by the b43 and b43legacy drivers.
 
 config BCM43XX_DEBUG
 	bool "Broadcom BCM43xx debugging (RECOMMENDED)"