Return-path: Received: from mga09.intel.com ([134.134.136.24]:60065 "EHLO mga09.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756116Ab2EGKdI (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 May 2012 06:33:08 -0400 From: Samuel Ortiz To: "John W. Linville" Cc: Lauro Ramos Venancio , Aloisio Almeida Jr , Ilan Elias , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, Samuel Ortiz Subject: [PATCH 19/20] feature-removal: Remove pn544 raw driver Date: Mon, 7 May 2012 12:31:30 +0200 Message-Id: <1336386691-24840-20-git-send-email-sameo@linux.intel.com> (sfid-20120507_123311_588750_A02F2739) In-Reply-To: <1336386691-24840-1-git-send-email-sameo@linux.intel.com> References: <1336386691-24840-1-git-send-email-sameo@linux.intel.com> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: The pn544_hci driver uses the kernel NFC APIs while pn544 does not. Moreover pn544 is outdated and not maintained. Signed-off-by: Samuel Ortiz --- Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index 709e08e..dfb8b50 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -531,3 +531,15 @@ Why: There appear to be no production users of the get_robust_list syscall, of ASLR. It was only ever intended for debugging, so it should be removed. Who: Kees Cook + +---------------------------- + +What: Removing the pn544 raw driver. +When: 3.6 +Why: With the introduction of the NFC HCI and SHDL kernel layers, pn544.c + is being replaced by pn544_hci.c which is accessible through the netlink + and socket NFC APIs. Moreover, pn544.c is outdated and does not seem to + work properly with the latest Android stacks. + Having 2 drivers for the same hardware is confusing and as such we + should only keep the one following the kernel NFC APIs. +Who: Samuel Ortiz -- 1.7.9.1