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 2537066..8d5f9f8 100644
--- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -306,3 +306,12 @@
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+Why: This driver's functionality has been replaced by the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 6de909f..2c848b4 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -809,7 +809,7 @@
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 ce397e4..0159701 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)"