[PATCH] schedule wext/rtnl for removal

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@sipsolutions.net>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Cc: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
index 6a451f4..c3b1430 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -304,3 +304,15 @@ Why:       The code says it was obsolete when it was written in 2001.
 Who:   Richard Purdie <rpurdie@rpsys.net>
 
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+
+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@sipsolutions.net>
+
+---------------------------