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Subject[PATCH resend] m68knommu: Add info about removing mcfserial
From: Sebastian Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>

Schedule a removal for this driver. Alternative driver is available for
a while now.

Signed-off-by: Sebastian Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
---
Greg is fine with this http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/4/30/561

Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 8 ++++++++
drivers/serial/Kconfig | 6 +++++-
drivers/serial/mcfserial.c | 1 +
3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
index 3c35d45..5b3f31f 100644
--- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -289,6 +289,14 @@ Who: Glauber Costa <gcosta@redhat.com>

---------------------------

+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@breakpoint.cc>
+
+---------------------------
+
What: /sys/o2cb symlink
When: January 2010
Why: /sys/fs/o2cb is the proper location for this information - /sys/o2cb
diff --git a/drivers/serial/Kconfig b/drivers/serial/Kconfig
index 36acbcc..62e6eb1 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/Kconfig
+++ b/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 --git a/drivers/serial/mcfserial.c b/drivers/serial/mcfserial.c
index 43af40d..56007cc 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/mcfserial.c
+++ b/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.
*
--
1.5.5.1


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