Commit 664a51a8 authored by Alan Stern's avatar Alan Stern Committed by Greg Kroah-Hartman

USB: deprecate g_file_storage

This patch (as1471) deprecates the File-backed Storage Driver and
schedules its replacement for the 3.8 kernel release (about two years
from now).  Users are advised to switch to the Mass Storage Gadget
instead.
Signed-off-by: default avatarAlan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
Signed-off-by: default avatarGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
parent 08e6c611
......@@ -600,3 +600,10 @@ Why: Superseded by the UVCIOC_CTRL_QUERY ioctl.
Who: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>
----------------------------
What: g_file_storage driver
When: 3.8
Why: This driver has been superseded by g_mass_storage.
Who: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
----------------------------
......@@ -877,7 +877,7 @@ config USB_FUNCTIONFS_GENERIC
no Ethernet interface.
config USB_FILE_STORAGE
tristate "File-backed Storage Gadget"
tristate "File-backed Storage Gadget (DEPRECATED)"
depends on BLOCK
help
The File-backed Storage Gadget acts as a USB Mass Storage
......@@ -888,6 +888,9 @@ config USB_FILE_STORAGE
Say "y" to link the driver statically, or "m" to build a
dynamically linked module called "g_file_storage".
NOTE: This driver is deprecated. Its replacement is the
Mass Storage Gadget.
config USB_FILE_STORAGE_TEST
bool "File-backed Storage Gadget testing version"
depends on USB_FILE_STORAGE
......@@ -907,14 +910,11 @@ config USB_MASS_STORAGE
device (in much the same way as the "loop" device driver),
specified as a module parameter or sysfs option.
This is heavily based on File-backed Storage Gadget and in most
cases you will want to use FSG instead. This gadget is mostly
here to test the functionality of the Mass Storage Function
which may be used with composite framework.
This driver is an updated replacement for the deprecated
File-backed Storage Gadget (g_file_storage).
Say "y" to link the driver statically, or "m" to build
a dynamically linked module called "g_mass_storage". If unsure,
consider File-backed Storage Gadget.
a dynamically linked module called "g_mass_storage".
config USB_G_SERIAL
tristate "Serial Gadget (with CDC ACM and CDC OBEX support)"
......
......@@ -3486,6 +3486,8 @@ static int __init fsg_bind(struct usb_gadget *gadget)
}
INFO(fsg, DRIVER_DESC ", version: " DRIVER_VERSION "\n");
INFO(fsg, "NOTE: This driver is deprecated. "
"Consider using g_mass_storage instead.\n");
INFO(fsg, "Number of LUNs=%d\n", fsg->nluns);
pathbuf = kmalloc(PATH_MAX, GFP_KERNEL);
......
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