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>

diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
index 25370662cc5d00407056788357829bd940a8dcd3..8d5f9f8b7a78e5f07e84d1837af3afed9e9e8948 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -306,3 +306,12 @@ Why:       These drivers are superseded by i810fb, intelfb and savagefb.
 Who:   Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
 
 ---------------------------
+
+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+Why:   This driver's functionality has been replaced by the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>
+
+---------------------------

diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 6de909fe2013e432d28f17d84a4228930c55c9a5..2c848b46dbac75eb8025b7495d80988ee1bb81f4 100644 (file)
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -809,7 +809,7 @@ P:  Stefano Brivio
 M:     stefano.brivio@polimi.it
 L:     linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
 W:     http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/
-S:     Maintained
+S:     Obsolete
 
 BEFS FILE SYSTEM
 P:     Sergey S. Kostyliov

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/Kconfig b/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/Kconfig
index ce397e4284f4e450656315eb0a38e8444a79ed25..0159701e845638de2062859864c8b4b224642c9e 100644 (file)
--- 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)"