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Subject[PATCH] 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 said [1] and I hope .28 is not too late.
[1] http://www.mail-archive.com/uclinux-dev@uclinux.org/msg04453.html

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..27c0056 100644
--- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -304,3 +304,11 @@ When: 2.6.26
Why: Implementation became generic; users should now include
linux/semaphore.h instead.
Who: Matthew Wilcox <willy@linux.intel.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>
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.
*
--
1.5.4.3


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