Commit 003faaa1 authored by John W. Linville's avatar John W. Linville Committed by David S. Miller

bcm43xx: mark as obsolete and schedule for removal

Schedule bcm43xx for for removal in the 2.6.26 development window.
Signed-off-by: default avatarJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
parent 88fecd09
...@@ -306,3 +306,12 @@ Why: These drivers are superseded by i810fb, intelfb and savagefb. ...@@ -306,3 +306,12 @@ Why: These drivers are superseded by i810fb, intelfb and savagefb.
Who: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Who: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
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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Why: This driver's functionality has been replaced by the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>
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...@@ -809,7 +809,7 @@ P: Stefano Brivio ...@@ -809,7 +809,7 @@ P: Stefano Brivio
M: stefano.brivio@polimi.it M: stefano.brivio@polimi.it
L: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org L: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
W: http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ W: http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/
S: Maintained S: Obsolete
BEFS FILE SYSTEM BEFS FILE SYSTEM
P: Sergey S. Kostyliov P: Sergey S. Kostyliov
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config BCM43XX config BCM43XX
tristate "Broadcom BCM43xx wireless support" tristate "Broadcom BCM43xx wireless support (DEPRECATED)"
depends on PCI && IEEE80211 && IEEE80211_SOFTMAC && WLAN_80211 && EXPERIMENTAL depends on PCI && IEEE80211 && IEEE80211_SOFTMAC && WLAN_80211 && EXPERIMENTAL
select WIRELESS_EXT select WIRELESS_EXT
select FW_LOADER select FW_LOADER
select HW_RANDOM select HW_RANDOM
---help--- ---help---
This is an experimental driver for the Broadcom 43xx wireless chip, This is an experimental driver for the Broadcom 43xx wireless
found in the Apple Airport Extreme and various other devices. 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 It has been replaced
by the b43 and b43legacy drivers.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 config BCM43XX_DEBUG
bool "Broadcom BCM43xx debugging (RECOMMENDED)" bool "Broadcom BCM43xx debugging (RECOMMENDED)"
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