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Commit f4562283 authored Feb 09, 2011 by Christian Lamparter Committed by John W. Linville Feb 21, 2011

ar9170usb: mark the old driver as obsolete



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

Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@googlemail.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

parent b67afe7f

Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt

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	@@ -35,6 +35,17 @@ Who: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com>

	---------------------------		---------------------------

			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			Why: This driver is deprecated and the firmware is no longer
			maintained.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>

			---------------------------

	What: IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM		What: IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM
	Check: IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM		Check: IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM
	When: July 2009		When: July 2009

MAINTAINERS

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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

drivers/net/wireless/ath/ar9170/Kconfig

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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).