From 10bab00afed042c1a38ed5ffb135e2aea5ce1277 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Johannes Berg Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 23:40:19 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] cfg80211: deprecate CFG80211_WEXT Almost all wireless tools have transitioned to or at least added compatibility with nl80211 so there's no real need for CONFIG_CFG80211_WEXT any more. Mark it for removal, and also change the default to not be enabled. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg Signed-off-by: John W. Linville --- Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 13 +++++++++++++ net/wireless/Kconfig | 1 - 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index 0258e3d06280..dec901554ef7 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -440,6 +440,19 @@ Who: Hans Verkuil ---------------------------- +What: CONFIG_CFG80211_WEXT +When: as soon as distributions ship new wireless tools, ie. wpa_supplicant 1.0 + and NetworkManager/connman/etc. that are able to use nl80211 +Why: Wireless extensions are deprecated, and userland tools are moving to + using nl80211. New drivers are no longer using wireless extensions, + and while there might still be old drivers, both new drivers and new + userland no longer needs them and they can't be used for an feature + developed in the past couple of years. As such, compatibility with + wireless extensions in new drivers will be removed. +Who: Johannes Berg + +---------------------------- + What: g_file_storage driver When: 3.8 Why: This driver has been superseded by g_mass_storage. diff --git a/net/wireless/Kconfig b/net/wireless/Kconfig index 8dba3c60794a..4d2b1ec6516f 100644 --- a/net/wireless/Kconfig +++ b/net/wireless/Kconfig @@ -114,7 +114,6 @@ config CFG80211_WEXT bool "cfg80211 wireless extensions compatibility" depends on CFG80211 select WEXT_CORE - default y help Enable this option if you need old userspace for wireless extensions with cfg80211-based drivers. -- 2.20.1