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cfg80211: deprecate CFG80211_WEXT

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Almost all wireless tools have transitioned to
or at least added compatibility with nl80211 so
there's no real need for CONFIG_CFG80211_WEXT
any more. Mark it for removal, and also change
the default to not be enabled.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
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Johannes Berg 2012-05-16 23:40:19 +02:00 committed by John W. Linville
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Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
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@ -440,6 +440,19 @@ Who: Hans Verkuil <hans.verkuil@cisco.com>
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What: CONFIG_CFG80211_WEXT
When: as soon as distributions ship new wireless tools, ie. wpa_supplicant 1.0
and NetworkManager/connman/etc. that are able to use nl80211
Why: Wireless extensions are deprecated, and userland tools are moving to
using nl80211. New drivers are no longer using wireless extensions,
and while there might still be old drivers, both new drivers and new
userland no longer needs them and they can't be used for an feature
developed in the past couple of years. As such, compatibility with
wireless extensions in new drivers will be removed.
Who: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
----------------------------
What: g_file_storage driver
When: 3.8
Why: This driver has been superseded by g_mass_storage.

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net/wireless/Kconfig
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@ -114,7 +114,6 @@ config CFG80211_WEXT
bool "cfg80211 wireless extensions compatibility"
depends on CFG80211
select WEXT_CORE
default y
help
Enable this option if you need old userspace for wireless
extensions with cfg80211-based drivers.