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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 29 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig | 57 |
2 files changed, 45 insertions, 41 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index 09e031c55887..ad522e3d3d86 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -6,6 +6,35 @@ be removed from this file. --------------------------- +What: PRISM54 +When: 2.6.34 + +Why: prism54 FullMAC PCI / Cardbus devices used to be supported only by the + prism54 wireless driver. After Intersil stopped selling these + devices in preference for the newer more flexible SoftMAC devices + a SoftMAC device driver was required and prism54 did not support + them. The p54pci driver now exists and has been present in the kernel for + a while. This driver supports both SoftMAC devices and FullMAC devices. + The main difference between these devices was the amount of memory which + could be used for the firmware. The SoftMAC devices support a smaller + amount of memory. Because of this the SoftMAC firmware fits into FullMAC + devices's memory. p54pci supports not only PCI / Cardbus but also USB + and SPI. Since p54pci supports all devices prism54 supports + you will have a conflict. I'm not quite sure how distributions are + handling this conflict right now. prism54 was kept around due to + claims users may experience issues when using the SoftMAC driver. + Time has passed users have not reported issues. If you use prism54 + and for whatever reason you cannot use p54pci please let us know! + E-mail us at: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org + + For more information see the p54 wiki page: + + http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/p54 + +Who: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com> + +--------------------------- + What: IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM Check: IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM When: July 2009 diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig b/drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig index a8871a84d87e..ad89d23968df 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig @@ -275,51 +275,26 @@ config PCMCIA_WL3501 micro support for ethtool. config PRISM54 - tristate 'Intersil Prism GT/Duette/Indigo PCI/Cardbus' + tristate 'Intersil Prism GT/Duette/Indigo PCI/Cardbus (DEPRECATED)' depends on PCI && EXPERIMENTAL && WLAN_80211 select WIRELESS_EXT select FW_LOADER ---help--- - Enable PCI and Cardbus support for the following chipset based cards: - - ISL3880 - Prism GT 802.11 b/g - ISL3877 - Prism Indigo 802.11 a - ISL3890 - Prism Duette 802.11 a/b/g - - For a complete list of supported cards visit <http://prism54.org>. - Here is the latest confirmed list of supported cards: - - 3com OfficeConnect 11g Cardbus Card aka 3CRWE154G72 (version 1) - Allnet ALL0271 PCI Card - Compex WL54G Cardbus Card - Corega CG-WLCB54GT Cardbus Card - D-Link Air Plus Xtreme G A1 Cardbus Card aka DWL-g650 - I-O Data WN-G54/CB Cardbus Card - Kobishi XG-300 aka Z-Com Cardbus Card - Netgear WG511 Cardbus Card - Ovislink WL-5400PCI PCI Card - Peabird WLG-PCI PCI Card - Sitecom WL-100i Cardbus Card - Sitecom WL-110i PCI Card - SMC2802W - EZ Connect g 2.4GHz 54 Mbps Wireless PCI Card - SMC2835W - EZ Connect g 2.4GHz 54 Mbps Wireless Cardbus Card - SMC2835W-V2 - EZ Connect g 2.4GHz 54 Mbps Wireless Cardbus Card - Z-Com XG-900 PCI Card - Zyxel G-100 Cardbus Card - - If you enable this you will need a firmware file as well. - You will need to copy this to /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware/isl3890. - You can get this non-GPL'd firmware file from the Prism54 project page: - <http://prism54.org> - You will also need the /etc/hotplug/firmware.agent script from - a current hotplug package. - - Note: You need a motherboard with DMA support to use any of these cards - - If you want to compile the driver as a module ( = code which can be - inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want), - say M here and read <file:Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt>. - The module will be called prism54. + This enables support for FullMAC PCI/Cardbus prism54 devices. This + driver is now deprecated in favor for the SoftMAC driver, p54pci. + p54pci supports FullMAC PCI/Cardbus devices as well. For details on + the scheduled removal of this driver on the kernel see the feature + removal schedule: + + Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt + + For more information refer to the p54 wiki: + + http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/p54 + + Note: You need a motherboard with DMA support to use any of these cards + + When built as module you get the module prism54 config USB_ZD1201 tristate "USB ZD1201 based Wireless device support" |