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authorJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>2008-01-27 22:48:37 -0800
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2008-01-28 14:55:35 -0800
commit003faaa17793c478ed2babc56a618396e0ef96c2 (patch)
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bcm43xx: mark as obsolete and schedule for removal
Schedule bcm43xx for for removal in the 2.6.26 development window. Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/Kconfig9
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/Kconfig b/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/Kconfig
index ce397e4284f..0159701e845 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/Kconfig
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
config BCM43XX
- tristate "Broadcom BCM43xx wireless support"
+ tristate "Broadcom BCM43xx wireless support (DEPRECATED)"
depends on PCI && IEEE80211 && IEEE80211_SOFTMAC && WLAN_80211 && EXPERIMENTAL
select WIRELESS_EXT
select FW_LOADER
select HW_RANDOM
---help---
- This is an experimental driver for the Broadcom 43xx wireless chip,
- found in the Apple Airport Extreme and various other devices.
+ This is an experimental driver for the Broadcom 43xx wireless
+ 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
bool "Broadcom BCM43xx debugging (RECOMMENDED)"