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-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 3 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | net/wireless/Kconfig | 7 |
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index 3d849122b5b1..33f7327d0451 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | |||
@@ -263,8 +263,7 @@ Who: Ravikiran Thirumalai <kiran@scalex86.org> | |||
263 | 263 | ||
264 | What: Code that is now under CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT_SYSFS | 264 | What: Code that is now under CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT_SYSFS |
265 | (in net/core/net-sysfs.c) | 265 | (in net/core/net-sysfs.c) |
266 | When: After the only user (hal) has seen a release with the patches | 266 | When: 3.5 |
267 | for enough time, probably some time in 2010. | ||
268 | Why: Over 1K .text/.data size reduction, data is available in other | 267 | Why: Over 1K .text/.data size reduction, data is available in other |
269 | ways (ioctls) | 268 | ways (ioctls) |
270 | Who: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> | 269 | Who: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> |
diff --git a/net/wireless/Kconfig b/net/wireless/Kconfig index 1f1ef70f34f2..2e4444fedbe0 100644 --- a/net/wireless/Kconfig +++ b/net/wireless/Kconfig | |||
@@ -121,15 +121,16 @@ config CFG80211_WEXT | |||
121 | 121 | ||
122 | config WIRELESS_EXT_SYSFS | 122 | config WIRELESS_EXT_SYSFS |
123 | bool "Wireless extensions sysfs files" | 123 | bool "Wireless extensions sysfs files" |
124 | default y | ||
125 | depends on WEXT_CORE && SYSFS | 124 | depends on WEXT_CORE && SYSFS |
126 | help | 125 | help |
127 | This option enables the deprecated wireless statistics | 126 | This option enables the deprecated wireless statistics |
128 | files in /sys/class/net/*/wireless/. The same information | 127 | files in /sys/class/net/*/wireless/. The same information |
129 | is available via the ioctls as well. | 128 | is available via the ioctls as well. |
130 | 129 | ||
131 | Say Y if you have programs using it, like old versions of | 130 | Say N. If you know you have ancient tools requiring it, |
132 | hal. | 131 | like very old versions of hal (prior to 0.5.12 release), |
132 | say Y and update the tools as soon as possible as this | ||
133 | option will be removed soon. | ||
133 | 134 | ||
134 | config LIB80211 | 135 | config LIB80211 |
135 | tristate "Common routines for IEEE802.11 drivers" | 136 | tristate "Common routines for IEEE802.11 drivers" |