From 35b2a113cb0298d4f9a1263338b456094a414057 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Johannes Berg Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 23:40:18 +0200 Subject: wireless: remove wext sysfs The only user of this was hal prior to its 0.5.12 release which happened over two years ago, so I'm sure this can be removed without issues. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg Signed-off-by: John W. Linville --- Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 9 --------- 1 file changed, 9 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index 56000b33340b..0258e3d06280 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -249,15 +249,6 @@ Who: Ravikiran Thirumalai --------------------------- -What: Code that is now under CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT_SYSFS - (in net/core/net-sysfs.c) -When: 3.5 -Why: Over 1K .text/.data size reduction, data is available in other - ways (ioctls) -Who: Johannes Berg - ---------------------------- - What: sysfs ui for changing p4-clockmod parameters When: September 2009 Why: See commits 129f8ae9b1b5be94517da76009ea956e89104ce8 and -- cgit 1.4.1 From 10bab00afed042c1a38ed5ffb135e2aea5ce1277 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Johannes Berg Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 23:40:19 +0200 Subject: cfg80211: deprecate CFG80211_WEXT Almost all wireless tools have transitioned to or at least added compatibility with nl80211 so there's no real need for CONFIG_CFG80211_WEXT any more. Mark it for removal, and also change the default to not be enabled. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg Signed-off-by: John W. Linville --- Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 13 +++++++++++++ net/wireless/Kconfig | 1 - 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index 0258e3d06280..dec901554ef7 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -440,6 +440,19 @@ Who: Hans Verkuil ---------------------------- +What: CONFIG_CFG80211_WEXT +When: as soon as distributions ship new wireless tools, ie. wpa_supplicant 1.0 + and NetworkManager/connman/etc. that are able to use nl80211 +Why: Wireless extensions are deprecated, and userland tools are moving to + using nl80211. New drivers are no longer using wireless extensions, + and while there might still be old drivers, both new drivers and new + userland no longer needs them and they can't be used for an feature + developed in the past couple of years. As such, compatibility with + wireless extensions in new drivers will be removed. +Who: Johannes Berg + +---------------------------- + What: g_file_storage driver When: 3.8 Why: This driver has been superseded by g_mass_storage. diff --git a/net/wireless/Kconfig b/net/wireless/Kconfig index 8dba3c60794a..4d2b1ec6516f 100644 --- a/net/wireless/Kconfig +++ b/net/wireless/Kconfig @@ -114,7 +114,6 @@ config CFG80211_WEXT bool "cfg80211 wireless extensions compatibility" depends on CFG80211 select WEXT_CORE - default y help Enable this option if you need old userspace for wireless extensions with cfg80211-based drivers. -- cgit 1.4.1