Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758424AbXLMPAR (ORCPT ); Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:00:17 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755283AbXLMPAA (ORCPT ); Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:00:00 -0500 Received: from ra.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.52]:3074 "EHLO ra.tuxdriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755220AbXLMO77 (ORCPT ); Thu, 13 Dec 2007 09:59:59 -0500 Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 09:23:02 -0500 From: "John W. Linville" To: Michael Buesch Cc: Ingo Molnar , Daniel Walker , akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux@bohmer.net, jonathan@jonmasters.org, matthias.kaehlcke@gmail.com, kjwinchester@gmail.com, mbuesch@freenet.de Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] net: wireless: bcm43xx: big_buffer_sem semaphore to mutex Message-ID: <20071213142302.GC3083@tuxdriver.com> References: <20071213003028.676998182@mvista.com> <1197508801.22951.40.camel@imap.mvista.com> <20071213101327.GM8977@elte.hu> <200712131211.32899.mb@bu3sch.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200712131211.32899.mb@bu3sch.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1708 Lines: 51 On Thu, Dec 13, 2007 at 12:11:32PM +0100, Michael Buesch wrote: > On Thursday 13 December 2007 11:13:27 Ingo Molnar wrote: > > > > * Daniel Walker wrote: > > > > > > This driver is scheduled for removal, so I'd not touch it anymore to > > > > avoid the possibility to introduce a lastminute regression. The new > > > > drivers (b43 and b43legacy) have this fixed (in a different way by > > > > completely removing it). > > > > > > When is the removal scheduled? > > > > $ grep -i bcm Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt > > $ > > > > might make sense to update this file. > > Patches are on their way. > I think it's scheduled to be removed after 2.6.25 was released. A patch w/ subject "bcm43xx: mark as obsolete and schedule for removal" is queued in net-2.6.25 and waiting for the 2.6.25 merge window. It includes this hunk: --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -333,3 +333,12 @@ Why: This driver has been marked obsolete for many years. Who: Stephen Hemminger --------------------------- + +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 + +--------------------------- Hth! John -- John W. Linville linville@tuxdriver.com -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/