The patch titled m68knommu: add info about removing mcfserial has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is m68knommu-add-info-about-removing-mcfserial.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: m68knommu: add info about removing mcfserial From: Sebastian Siewior <bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Schedule a removal for this driver. Alternative driver is available for a while now. Signed-off-by: Sebastian Siewior <bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Greg Ungerer <gerg@xxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 8 ++++++++ drivers/serial/Kconfig | 6 +++++- drivers/serial/mcfserial.c | 1 + 3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt~m68knommu-add-info-about-removing-mcfserial Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt~m68knommu-add-info-about-removing-mcfserial +++ a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -282,6 +282,14 @@ Who: Glauber Costa <gcosta@xxxxxxxxxx> --------------------------- +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 <sebastian@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> + +--------------------------- + What: /sys/o2cb symlink When: January 2010 Why: /sys/fs/o2cb is the proper location for this information - /sys/o2cb diff -puN drivers/serial/Kconfig~m68knommu-add-info-about-removing-mcfserial drivers/serial/Kconfig --- a/drivers/serial/Kconfig~m68knommu-add-info-about-removing-mcfserial +++ a/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 -puN drivers/serial/mcfserial.c~m68knommu-add-info-about-removing-mcfserial drivers/serial/mcfserial.c --- a/drivers/serial/mcfserial.c~m68knommu-add-info-about-removing-mcfserial +++ a/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. * _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx are m68knommu-coldfire-add-support-for-kernel-preemption-missing-chunk.patch linux-next.patch m68knommu-add-info-about-removing-mcfserial.patch add-the-carmine-fb-driver.patch add-the-carmine-fb-driver-update.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html