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| author | Jes Sorensen <Jes.Sorensen@redhat.com> | 2016-04-15 22:01:46 +0300 |
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| committer | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> | 2016-04-29 20:38:23 +0300 |
| commit | af4981fc59a6e1cee542d21e339176e6a5b74757 (patch) | |
| tree | 645a23306434d99d70654c3433b543bae418f38f /drivers/staging/rtl8723au | |
| parent | 6c3b78aa6e46addbbf6fba590b7af4ecbe45d459 (diff) | |
| download | linux-af4981fc59a6e1cee542d21e339176e6a5b74757.tar.xz | |
staging: rtl8723au: Add warning about this driver being deprecated
This driver is deprecated and superseded by rtl8xxxu. It will be
removed in a future kernel release.
Add a warning to Kconfig and at device init time to notify users and
allow them time to switch over.
Signed-off-by: Jes Sorensen <Jes.Sorensen@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/staging/rtl8723au')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/staging/rtl8723au/Kconfig | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/staging/rtl8723au/os_dep/usb_intf.c | 5 |
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/Kconfig b/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/Kconfig index 435f3594dabe..277c1ab69317 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/Kconfig @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ config R8723AU - tristate "Realtek RTL8723AU Wireless LAN NIC driver" + tristate "Realtek RTL8723AU Wireless LAN NIC driver (deprecated)" depends on USB && WLAN && RFKILL select WIRELESS_EXT select WEXT_PRIV @@ -7,7 +7,10 @@ config R8723AU default n ---help--- This option adds the Realtek RTL8723AU USB device such as found in - the Lenovo Yogi 13 tablet. If built as a module, it will be called r8723au. + the Lenovo Yoga 13 tablet. If built as a module, it will be called r8723au. + + Note: This driver is deprecated and scheduled to be removed in a + future kernel release. Please use rtl8xxxu instead. if R8723AU diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/os_dep/usb_intf.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/os_dep/usb_intf.c index 27b3a5b7d8d4..cf83efffbffd 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/os_dep/usb_intf.c +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/os_dep/usb_intf.c @@ -532,6 +532,7 @@ static int rtw_drv_init(struct usb_interface *pusb_intf, { struct rtw_adapter *if1 = NULL; struct dvobj_priv *dvobj; + struct usb_device *udev; int status = _FAIL; RT_TRACE(_module_hci_intfs_c_, _drv_err_, "+rtw_drv_init\n"); @@ -544,6 +545,10 @@ static int rtw_drv_init(struct usb_interface *pusb_intf, goto exit; } + udev = dvobj->pusbdev; + dev_warn(&udev->dev, "WARNING: The rtl8723au driver is deprecated!"); + dev_warn(&udev->dev, "Please use the rtl8xxxu driver for this device!"); + if1 = rtw_usb_if1_init(dvobj, pusb_intf, pdid); if (!if1) { DBG_8723A("rtw_init_primary_adapter Failed!\n"); |