From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932830AbYD3UOY (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:14:24 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1759793AbYD3UOP (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:14:15 -0400 Received: from Chamillionaire.breakpoint.cc ([85.10.199.196]:44578 "EHLO Chamillionaire.breakpoint.cc" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756738AbYD3UOO (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:14:14 -0400 Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:14:08 +0200 From: Sebastian Siewior To: Greg Ungerer Cc: uclinux-dev@uclinux.org, Linus Torvalds , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH] m68knommu: Add info about removing mcfserial Message-ID: <20080430201408.GA22731@Chamillionaire.breakpoint.cc> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Disposition: inline X-Key-Id: FE3F4706 X-Key-Fingerprint: FFDA BBBB 3563 1B27 75C9 925B 98D5 5C1C FE3F 4706 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Sebastian Siewior Schedule a removal for this driver. Alternative driver is available for a while now. Signed-off-by: Sebastian Siewior --- Greg said [1] and I hope .28 is not too late. [1] http://www.mail-archive.com/uclinux-dev@uclinux.org/msg04453.html Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 8 ++++++++ drivers/serial/Kconfig | 6 +++++- drivers/serial/mcfserial.c | 1 + 3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index 3c35d45..27c0056 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -304,3 +304,11 @@ When: 2.6.26 Why: Implementation became generic; users should now include linux/semaphore.h instead. Who: Matthew Wilcox + +--------------------------- + +What: old style serial driver for ColdFire (CONFIG_SERIAL_COLDFIRE) +When: 2.6.28 +Why: This driver still uses the old interface and has been replaced + by CONFIG_SERIAL_MCF. +Who: Sebastian Siewior diff --git a/drivers/serial/Kconfig b/drivers/serial/Kconfig index 36acbcc..62e6eb1 100644 --- a/drivers/serial/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/serial/Kconfig @@ -976,11 +976,15 @@ config SERIAL_68328_RTS_CTS depends on SERIAL_68328 config SERIAL_COLDFIRE - bool "ColdFire serial support" + bool "ColdFire serial support (DEPRECATED)" depends on COLDFIRE help This driver supports the built-in serial ports of the Motorola ColdFire family of CPUs. + This driver is deprecated because it supports only the old interface + for serial drivers and features like magic keys are not working. + Please switch to the new style driver because this driver will be + removed soon. config SERIAL_MCF bool "Coldfire serial support (new style driver)" diff --git a/drivers/serial/mcfserial.c b/drivers/serial/mcfserial.c index 43af40d..56007cc 100644 --- a/drivers/serial/mcfserial.c +++ b/drivers/serial/mcfserial.c @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@ +#warning This driver is deprecated. Check Kconfig for details. /* * mcfserial.c -- serial driver for ColdFire internal UARTS. * -- 1.5.4.3