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| author | Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@web.de> | 2010-02-08 10:12:44 +0000 |
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2010-02-16 16:01:36 -0800 |
| commit | 79e95f4717767e9ddc4dbec5d778f0c9970eed34 (patch) | |
| tree | d3448f1f5936017823576cbfd459b5cd8ce34244 | |
| parent | c6af0437941c92179eeb51579f19423eacc5516c (diff) | |
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CAPI: Schedule capifs for removal
With dynamic TTY nodes and the help of udev, we no longer need this
special filesystem. Schedule it for removal in one year from now.
As a last duty to this feature, move its help to right option so that
users can read the rationale.
Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@web.de>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/isdn/capi/Kconfig | 13 |
2 files changed, 17 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index 2f93ac06c414..721a2aa80a1d 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -521,3 +521,13 @@ Why: Duplicate functionality with the gspca_zc3xx driver, zc0301 only sensors) wich are also supported by the gspca_zc3xx driver (which supports 53 USB-ID's in total) Who: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com> + +---------------------------- + +What: capifs +When: February 2011 +Files: drivers/isdn/capi/capifs.* +Why: udev fully replaces this special file system that only contains CAPI + NCCI TTY device nodes. User space (pppdcapiplugin) works without + noticing the difference. +Who: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@web.de> diff --git a/drivers/isdn/capi/Kconfig b/drivers/isdn/capi/Kconfig index b2a04755c96a..d607d465786e 100644 --- a/drivers/isdn/capi/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/isdn/capi/Kconfig @@ -35,18 +35,19 @@ config ISDN_CAPI_CAPI20 Y/M here. config ISDN_CAPI_CAPIFS_BOOL - bool "CAPI2.0 filesystem support" + bool "CAPI2.0 filesystem support (DEPRECATED)" depends on ISDN_CAPI_MIDDLEWARE && ISDN_CAPI_CAPI20 + help + This option provides a special file system, similar to /dev/pts with + device nodes for the special ttys established by using the + middleware extension above. + You no longer need this, udev fully replaces it. This feature is + scheduled for removal. config ISDN_CAPI_CAPIFS tristate depends on ISDN_CAPI_CAPIFS_BOOL default ISDN_CAPI_CAPI20 - help - This option provides a special file system, similar to /dev/pts with - device nodes for the special ttys established by using the - middleware extension above. If you want to use pppd with - pppdcapiplugin to dial up to your ISP, say Y here. config ISDN_CAPI_CAPIDRV tristate "CAPI2.0 capidrv interface support" |
