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authorChristian Lamparter <chunkeey@googlemail.com>2011-02-09 22:13:11 +0100
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>2011-02-21 15:39:56 -0500
commitf456228365bf3615bc6837c363653f31df66abff (patch)
tree82ca2ece60dcba6698deaf27b52f5bdca8a31d2f /drivers/net/wireless/ath/ar9170
parentb67afe7f43afd2f5cd98798993561920c1684c12 (diff)
ar9170usb: mark the old driver as obsolete
AR9170USB will be replaced by carl9170 in the foreseeable future [2.6.40]. Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@googlemail.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/wireless/ath/ar9170')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/ath/ar9170/Kconfig4
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ar9170/Kconfig b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ar9170/Kconfig
index d7a4799d20f..7b9672b0d09 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ar9170/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ar9170/Kconfig
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
config AR9170_USB
- tristate "Atheros AR9170 802.11n USB support"
+ tristate "Atheros AR9170 802.11n USB support (OBSOLETE)"
depends on USB && MAC80211
select FW_LOADER
help
+ This driver is going to get replaced by carl9170.
+
This is a driver for the Atheros "otus" 802.11n USB devices.
These devices require additional firmware (2 files).