b43: Change schedule for old-fw support removal
The scheduled date for the removal of old fw support was in July 2008.
However, we're not going to remove the support unless it causes a major
headache. So change the schedule from "July 2008" to "when it causes headaches".
Signed-off-by: Michael Buesch <mb@bu3sch.de>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
index 5ddbe35..ac98851f 100644
--- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -229,7 +229,9 @@
---------------------------
What: b43 support for firmware revision < 410
-When: July 2008
+When: The schedule was July 2008, but it was decided that we are going to keep the
+ code as long as there are no major maintanance headaches.
+ So it _could_ be removed _any_ time now, if it conflicts with something new.
Why: The support code for the old firmware hurts code readability/maintainability
and slightly hurts runtime performance. Bugfixes for the old firmware
are not provided by Broadcom anymore.
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c
index c627bac..5ca55dc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c
@@ -1954,8 +1954,9 @@
const char *text;
text = "You must go to "
- "http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware "
- "and download the latest firmware (version 4).\n";
+ "http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware "
+ "and download the correct firmware for this driver version. "
+ "Please carefully read all instructions on this website.\n";
if (error)
b43err(wl, text);
else
@@ -2271,8 +2272,11 @@
}
if (b43_is_old_txhdr_format(dev)) {
+ /* We're over the deadline, but we keep support for old fw
+ * until it turns out to be in major conflict with something new. */
b43warn(dev->wl, "You are using an old firmware image. "
- "Support for old firmware will be removed in July 2008.\n");
+ "Support for old firmware will be removed soon "
+ "(official deadline was July 2008).\n");
b43_print_fw_helptext(dev->wl, 0);
}