linux-kernel - [Repost][PATCH] Remove "obsolete" label from ISDN4Linux

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Message-ID: <460AE9A4.70905@imap.cc>
Date:	Thu, 29 Mar 2007 00:18:12 +0200
From:	Tilman Schmidt <tilman@...p.cc>
To:	Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	kkeil@...e.de, i4ldeveloper@...tserv.isdn4linux.de
Subject: [Repost][PATCH] Remove "obsolete" label from ISDN4Linux

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

Remove incorrect "obsolete" label from ISDN4Linux.

Signed-off-by: Tilman Schmidt <tilman@...p.cc>

---

--- 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
Bonn, Germany
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In practice, there is.


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