linux-kernel - [PATCH] Remove "obsolete" label from ISDN4Linux (was: any value to fixing apparent bugs in old ISDN4Linux?)

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Date:	Wed, 21 Feb 2007 01:29:03 +0100
From:	Tilman Schmidt <tilman@...p.cc>
To:	"Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@...dspring.com>,
	Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	kkeil@...e.de, i4ldeveloper@...tserv.isdn4linux.de
Subject: [PATCH] Remove "obsolete" label from ISDN4Linux (was: any value to
 fixing apparent bugs in old ISDN4Linux?)

Am 15.01.2007 18:29 schrieb Karsten Keil:
> On Mon, Jan 15, 2007 at 12:17:37PM -0500, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>> [...] but if
>> it's still in actual use, then it really should be re-labelled from
>> "obsolete" to "deprecated," no?
> 
> Good point.

May I?

From: Tilman Schmidt <tilman@...p.cc>

Remove incorrect "obsolete" label from ISDN4Linux

---

--- a/drivers/isdn/Kconfig	2006-11-29 22:57:37.000000000 +0100
+++ b/drivers/isdn/Kconfig	2007-02-21 01:19:19.000000000 +0100
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ menu "Old ISDN4Linux"
 	depends on NET && ISDN

 config ISDN_I4L
-	tristate "Old ISDN4Linux (obsolete)"
+	tristate "Old ISDN4Linux subsystem"
 	---help---
 	  This driver allows you to use an ISDN-card for networking
 	  connections and as dialin/out device.  The isdn-tty's have a built
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ config ISDN_I4L

 	  ISDN support in the linux kernel is moving towards a new API,
 	  called CAPI (Common ISDN Application Programming Interface).
-	  Therefore the old ISDN4Linux layer is becoming obsolete. It is
-	  still usable, though, if you select this option.
+	  The old ISDN4Linux layer is still available for use with cards
+	  that are not supported by the new CAPI subsystem yet.

 if ISDN_I4L
 source "drivers/isdn/i4l/Kconfig"

-- 
Tilman Schmidt                          E-Mail: tilman@...p.cc
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