Since wext is being replaced as fast as we can (it'll probably stick around for legacy drivers though) and the wext/netlink stuff was never really used, this schedules it for removal. The removal schedule is tight but there are no users of the code, the main user of the wext user interface are the wireless-tools, they only have an alpha version using the netlink interface and even that is incomplete. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) --- linux-2.6.orig/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt 2007-03-01 15:25:31.714246483 +0100 +++ linux-2.6/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt 2007-03-01 15:32:23.904246483 +0100 @@ -304,3 +304,15 @@ Why: The code says it was obsolete when Who: Richard Purdie <rpurdie@xxxxxxxxx> --------------------------- + +What: Wireless extensions over netlink (CONFIG_NET_WIRELESS_RTNETLINK) +When: with the merge of wireless-dev, 2.6.22 or later +Why: The option/code is + * not enabled on most kernels + * not required by any userspace tools (except an experimental one, + and even there only for some parts, others use ioctl) + * pointless since wext is no longer evolving and the ioctl + interface needs to be kept +Who: Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> + +--------------------------- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
