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>
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Christian Lamparter 2011-02-09 22:13:11 +01:00 committed by John W. Linville
parent b67afe7f43
commit f456228365
3 changed files with 15 additions and 2 deletions

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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Why: This driver is deprecated and the firmware is no longer
maintained.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
Check: IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM
When: July 2009

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@ -1199,7 +1199,7 @@ ATHEROS AR9170 WIRELESS DRIVER
M: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@web.de>
L: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
W: http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/ar9170
S: Maintained
S: Obsolete
F: drivers/net/wireless/ath/ar9170/
CARL9170 LINUX COMMUNITY WIRELESS DRIVER

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@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
config AR9170_USB
tristate "Atheros AR9170 802.11n USB support"
tristate "Atheros AR9170 802.11n USB support (OBSOLETE)"
depends on USB && MAC80211
select FW_LOADER
help
This driver is going to get replaced by carl9170.
This is a driver for the Atheros "otus" 802.11n USB devices.
These devices require additional firmware (2 files).