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Commit f4562283 authored by Christian Lamparter's avatar Christian Lamparter Committed by John W. Linville
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ar9170usb: mark the old driver as obsolete



AR9170USB will be replaced by carl9170 in the foreseeable
future [2.6.40].

Signed-off-by: default avatarChristian Lamparter <chunkeey@googlemail.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
parent b67afe7f
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@@ -35,6 +35,17 @@ Who: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com>


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What:	AR9170USB
When:	2.6.40

Why:	This driver is deprecated and the firmware is no longer
	maintained. The replacement driver "carl9170" has been
	around for a while, so the devices are still supported.

Who:	Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@googlemail.com>

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What:	IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM
What:	IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM
Check:	IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM
Check:	IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM
When:	July 2009
When:	July 2009
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@@ -1199,7 +1199,7 @@ ATHEROS AR9170 WIRELESS DRIVER
M:	Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@web.de>
M:	Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@web.de>
L:	linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
L:	linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
W:	http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/ar9170
W:	http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/ar9170
S:	Maintained
S:	Obsolete
F:	drivers/net/wireless/ath/ar9170/
F:	drivers/net/wireless/ath/ar9170/


CARL9170 LINUX COMMUNITY WIRELESS DRIVER
CARL9170 LINUX COMMUNITY WIRELESS DRIVER
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config AR9170_USB
config AR9170_USB
	tristate "Atheros AR9170 802.11n USB support"
	tristate "Atheros AR9170 802.11n USB support (OBSOLETE)"
	depends on USB && MAC80211
	depends on USB && MAC80211
	select FW_LOADER
	select FW_LOADER
	help
	help
	  This driver is going to get replaced by carl9170.

	  This is a driver for the Atheros "otus" 802.11n USB devices.
	  This is a driver for the Atheros "otus" 802.11n USB devices.


	  These devices require additional firmware (2 files).
	  These devices require additional firmware (2 files).