[PATCH] USB Serial: move old changelog comments out of source code

Create a new file just for these things, as they just get in the
way in the source files.

Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 307 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c b/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c
index 08f600327db4..fde09fba8790 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * USB Serial Converter driver
  *
- * Copyright (C) 1999 - 2004 Greg Kroah-Hartman (greg@kroah.com)
+ * Copyright (C) 1999 - 2005 Greg Kroah-Hartman (greg@kroah.com)
  * Copyright (C) 2000 Peter Berger (pberger@brimson.com)
  * Copyright (C) 2000 Al Borchers (borchers@steinerpoint.com)
  *
@@ -9,316 +9,11 @@
  *      modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version
  *      2 as published by the Free Software Foundation.
  *
- * This driver was originally based on the ACM driver by Armin Fuerst (which was 
+ * This driver was originally based on the ACM driver by Armin Fuerst (which was
  * based on a driver by Brad Keryan)
  *
  * See Documentation/usb/usb-serial.txt for more information on using this driver
  *
- * (12/10/2002) gkh
- *      Split the ports off into their own struct device, and added a
- *      usb-serial bus driver.
- *
- * (11/19/2002) gkh
- *      removed a few #ifdefs for the generic code and cleaned up the failure
- *      logic in initialization.
- *
- * (10/02/2002) gkh
- *      moved the console code to console.c and out of this file.
- *
- * (06/05/2002) gkh
- *      moved location of startup() call in serial_probe() until after all
- *      of the port information and endpoints are initialized.  This makes
- *      things easier for some drivers.
- *
- * (04/10/2002) gkh
- *      added serial_read_proc function which creates a
- *      /proc/tty/driver/usb-serial file.
- *
- * (03/27/2002) gkh
- *      Got USB serial console code working properly and merged into the main
- *      version of the tree.  Thanks to Randy Dunlap for the initial version
- *      of this code, and for pushing me to finish it up.
- *      The USB serial console works with any usb serial driver device.
- *
- * (03/21/2002) gkh
- *      Moved all manipulation of port->open_count into the core.  Now the
- *      individual driver's open and close functions are called only when the
- *      first open() and last close() is called.  Making the drivers a bit
- *      smaller and simpler.
- *      Fixed a bug if a driver didn't have the owner field set.
- *
- * (02/26/2002) gkh
- *      Moved all locking into the main serial_* functions, instead of having 
- *      the individual drivers have to grab the port semaphore.  This should
- *      reduce races.
- *      Reworked the MOD_INC logic a bit to always increment and decrement, even
- *      if the generic driver is being used.
- *
- * (10/10/2001) gkh
- *      usb_serial_disconnect() now sets the serial->dev pointer is to NULL to
- *      help prevent child drivers from accessing the device since it is now
- *      gone.
- *
- * (09/13/2001) gkh
- *      Moved generic driver initialize after we have registered with the USB
- *      core.  Thanks to Randy Dunlap for pointing this problem out.
- *
- * (07/03/2001) gkh
- *      Fixed module paramater size.  Thanks to John Brockmeyer for the pointer.
- *      Fixed vendor and product getting defined through the MODULE_PARM macro
- *      if the Generic driver wasn't compiled in.
- *      Fixed problem with generic_shutdown() not being called for drivers that
- *      don't have a shutdown() function.
- *
- * (06/06/2001) gkh
- *      added evil hack that is needed for the prolific pl2303 device due to the
- *      crazy way its endpoints are set up.
- *
- * (05/30/2001) gkh
- *      switched from using spinlock to a semaphore, which fixes lots of problems.
- *
- * (04/08/2001) gb
- *      Identify version on module load.
- *
- * 2001_02_05 gkh
- *      Fixed buffer overflows bug with the generic serial driver.  Thanks to
- *      Todd Squires <squirest@ct0.com> for fixing this.
- *
- * (01/10/2001) gkh
- *      Fixed bug where the generic serial adaptor grabbed _any_ device that was
- *      offered to it.
- *
- * (12/12/2000) gkh
- *      Removed MOD_INC and MOD_DEC from poll and disconnect functions, and
- *      moved them to the serial_open and serial_close functions.
- *      Also fixed bug with there not being a MOD_DEC for the generic driver
- *      (thanks to Gary Brubaker for finding this.)
- *
- * (11/29/2000) gkh
- *      Small NULL pointer initialization cleanup which saves a bit of disk image
- *
- * (11/01/2000) Adam J. Richter
- *      instead of using idVendor/idProduct pairs, usb serial drivers
- *      now identify their hardware interest with usb_device_id tables,
- *      which they usually have anyhow for use with MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE.
- *
- * (10/05/2000) gkh
- *      Fixed bug with urb->dev not being set properly, now that the usb
- *      core needs it.
- * 
- * (09/11/2000) gkh
- *      Removed DEBUG #ifdefs with call to usb_serial_debug_data
- *
- * (08/28/2000) gkh
- *      Added port_lock to port structure.
- *      Added locks for SMP safeness to generic driver
- *      Fixed the ability to open a generic device's port more than once.
- *
- * (07/23/2000) gkh
- *      Added bulk_out_endpointAddress to port structure.
- *
- * (07/19/2000) gkh, pberger, and borchers
- *      Modifications to allow usb-serial drivers to be modules.
- *
- * (07/03/2000) gkh
- *      Added more debugging to serial_ioctl call
- * 
- * (06/25/2000) gkh
- *      Changed generic_write_bulk_callback to not call wake_up_interruptible
- *      directly, but to have port_softint do it at a safer time.
- *
- * (06/23/2000) gkh
- *      Cleaned up debugging statements in a quest to find UHCI timeout bug.
- *
- * (05/22/2000) gkh
- *      Changed the makefile, enabling the big CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_SOMTHING to be 
- *      removed from the individual device source files.
- *
- * (05/03/2000) gkh
- *      Added the Digi Acceleport driver from Al Borchers and Peter Berger.
- * 
- * (05/02/2000) gkh
- *      Changed devfs and tty register code to work properly now. This was based on
- *      the ACM driver changes by Vojtech Pavlik.
- *
- * (04/27/2000) Ryan VanderBijl
- *      Put calls to *_paranoia_checks into one function.
- * 
- * (04/23/2000) gkh
- *      Fixed bug that Randy Dunlap found for Generic devices with no bulk out ports.
- *      Moved when the startup code printed out the devices that are supported.
- *
- * (04/19/2000) gkh
- *      Added driver for ZyXEL omni.net lcd plus ISDN TA
- *      Made startup info message specify which drivers were compiled in.
- *
- * (04/03/2000) gkh
- *      Changed the probe process to remove the module unload races.
- *      Changed where the tty layer gets initialized to have devfs work nicer.
- *      Added initial devfs support.
- *
- * (03/26/2000) gkh
- *      Split driver up into device specific pieces.
- * 
- * (03/19/2000) gkh
- *      Fixed oops that could happen when device was removed while a program
- *      was talking to the device.
- *      Removed the static urbs and now all urbs are created and destroyed
- *      dynamically.
- *      Reworked the internal interface. Now everything is based on the 
- *      usb_serial_port structure instead of the larger usb_serial structure.
- *      This fixes the bug that a multiport device could not have more than
- *      one port open at one time.
- *
- * (03/17/2000) gkh
- *      Added config option for debugging messages.
- *      Added patch for keyspan pda from Brian Warner.
- *
- * (03/06/2000) gkh
- *      Added the keyspan pda code from Brian Warner <warner@lothar.com>
- *      Moved a bunch of the port specific stuff into its own structure. This
- *      is in anticipation of the true multiport devices (there's a bug if you
- *      try to access more than one port of any multiport device right now)
- *
- * (02/21/2000) gkh
- *      Made it so that any serial devices only have to specify which functions
- *      they want to overload from the generic function calls (great, 
- *      inheritance in C, in a driver, just what I wanted...)
- *      Added support for set_termios and ioctl function calls. No drivers take
- *      advantage of this yet.
- *      Removed the #ifdef MODULE, now there is no module specific code.
- *      Cleaned up a few comments in usb-serial.h that were wrong (thanks again
- *      to Miles Lott).
- *      Small fix to get_free_serial.
- *
- * (02/14/2000) gkh
- *      Removed the Belkin and Peracom functionality from the driver due to
- *      the lack of support from the vendor, and me not wanting people to 
- *      accidenatly buy the device, expecting it to work with Linux.
- *      Added read_bulk_callback and write_bulk_callback to the type structure
- *      for the needs of the FTDI and WhiteHEAT driver.
- *      Changed all reverences to FTDI to FTDI_SIO at the request of Bill
- *      Ryder.
- *      Changed the output urb size back to the max endpoint size to make
- *      the ftdi_sio driver have it easier, and due to the fact that it didn't
- *      really increase the speed any.
- *
- * (02/11/2000) gkh
- *      Added VISOR_FUNCTION_CONSOLE to the visor startup function. This was a
- *      patch from Miles Lott (milos@insync.net).
- *      Fixed bug with not restoring the minor range that a device grabs, if
- *      the startup function fails (thanks Miles for finding this).
- *
- * (02/05/2000) gkh
- *      Added initial framework for the Keyspan PDA serial converter so that
- *      Brian Warner has a place to put his code.
- *      Made the ezusb specific functions generic enough that different
- *      devices can use them (whiteheat and keyspan_pda both need them).
- *      Split out a whole bunch of structure and other stuff to a separate
- *      usb-serial.h file.
- *      Made the Visor connection messages a little more understandable, now
- *      that Miles Lott (milos@insync.net) has gotten the Generic channel to
- *      work. Also made them always show up in the log file.
- * 
- * (01/25/2000) gkh
- *      Added initial framework for FTDI serial converter so that Bill Ryder
- *      has a place to put his code.
- *      Added the vendor specific info from Handspring. Now we can print out
- *      informational debug messages as well as understand what is happening.
- *
- * (01/23/2000) gkh
- *      Fixed problem of crash when trying to open a port that didn't have a
- *      device assigned to it. Made the minor node finding a little smarter,
- *      now it looks to find a continuous space for the new device.
- *
- * (01/21/2000) gkh
- *      Fixed bug in visor_startup with patch from Miles Lott (milos@insync.net)
- *      Fixed get_serial_by_minor which was all messed up for multi port 
- *      devices. Fixed multi port problem for generic devices. Now the number
- *      of ports is determined by the number of bulk out endpoints for the
- *      generic device.
- *
- * (01/19/2000) gkh
- *      Removed lots of cruft that was around from the old (pre urb) driver 
- *      interface.
- *      Made the serial_table dynamic. This should save lots of memory when
- *      the number of minor nodes goes up to 256.
- *      Added initial support for devices that have more than one port. 
- *      Added more debugging comments for the Visor, and added a needed 
- *      set_configuration call.
- *
- * (01/17/2000) gkh
- *      Fixed the WhiteHEAT firmware (my processing tool had a bug)
- *      and added new debug loader firmware for it.
- *      Removed the put_char function as it isn't really needed.
- *      Added visor startup commands as found by the Win98 dump.
- * 
- * (01/13/2000) gkh
- *      Fixed the vendor id for the generic driver to the one I meant it to be.
- *
- * (01/12/2000) gkh
- *      Forget the version numbering...that's pretty useless...
- *      Made the driver able to be compiled so that the user can select which
- *      converter they want to use. This allows people who only want the Visor
- *      support to not pay the memory size price of the WhiteHEAT.
- *      Fixed bug where the generic driver (idVendor=0000 and idProduct=0000)
- *      grabbed the root hub. Not good.
- * 
- * version 0.4.0 (01/10/2000) gkh
- *      Added whiteheat.h containing the firmware for the ConnectTech WhiteHEAT
- *      device. Added startup function to allow firmware to be downloaded to
- *      a device if it needs to be.
- *      Added firmware download logic to the WhiteHEAT device.
- *      Started to add #defines to split up the different drivers for potential
- *      configuration option.
- *      
- * version 0.3.1 (12/30/99) gkh
- *      Fixed problems with urb for bulk out.
- *      Added initial support for multiple sets of endpoints. This enables
- *      the Handspring Visor to be attached successfully. Only the first
- *      bulk in / bulk out endpoint pair is being used right now.
- *
- * version 0.3.0 (12/27/99) gkh
- *      Added initial support for the Handspring Visor based on a patch from
- *      Miles Lott (milos@sneety.insync.net)
- *      Cleaned up the code a bunch and converted over to using urbs only.
- *
- * version 0.2.3 (12/21/99) gkh
- *      Added initial support for the Connect Tech WhiteHEAT converter.
- *      Incremented the number of ports in expectation of getting the
- *      WhiteHEAT to work properly (4 ports per connection).
- *      Added notification on insertion and removal of what port the
- *      device is/was connected to (and what kind of device it was).
- *
- * version 0.2.2 (12/16/99) gkh
- *      Changed major number to the new allocated number. We're legal now!
- *
- * version 0.2.1 (12/14/99) gkh
- *      Fixed bug that happens when device node is opened when there isn't a
- *      device attached to it. Thanks to marek@webdesign.no for noticing this.
- *
- * version 0.2.0 (11/10/99) gkh
- *      Split up internals to make it easier to add different types of serial 
- *      converters to the code.
- *      Added a "generic" driver that gets it's vendor and product id
- *      from when the module is loaded. Thanks to David E. Nelson (dnelson@jump.net)
- *      for the idea and sample code (from the usb scanner driver.)
- *      Cleared up any licensing questions by releasing it under the GNU GPL.
- *
- * version 0.1.2 (10/25/99) gkh
- *      Fixed bug in detecting device.
- *
- * version 0.1.1 (10/05/99) gkh
- *      Changed the major number to not conflict with anything else.
- *
- * version 0.1 (09/28/99) gkh
- *      Can recognize the two different devices and start up a read from
- *      device when asked to. Writes also work. No control signals yet, this
- *      all is vendor specific data (i.e. no spec), also no control for
- *      different baud rates or other bit settings.
- *      Currently we are using the same devid as the acm driver. This needs
- *      to change.
- * 
  */
 
 #include <linux/config.h>