linux-kernel - [PATCH] Remove "obsolete" label from ISDN4Linux (v3)

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Date:	Sat, 21 Apr 2007 15:07:51 +0200
From:	Tilman Schmidt <tilman@...p.cc>
To:	Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	kkeil@...e.de, i4ldeveloper@...tserv.isdn4linux.de,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH] Remove "obsolete" label from ISDN4Linux (v3)

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

The "obsolete" label on the ISDN_I4L Kconfig option is not, and
has never been, accurate. It has already prompted repeated attempts
to remove actively used functionality from the kernel without a
working replacement. This patch removes the incorrect label and
corrects the accompanying help text.

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

---

--- a/drivers/isdn/Kconfig	2007-02-04 19:44:54.000000000 +0100
+++ b/drivers/isdn/Kconfig	2007-04-21 14:48:54.000000000 +0200
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ 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
+	  This driver allows you to use an ISDN adapter for networking
 	  connections and as dialin/out device.  The isdn-tty's have a built
 	  in AT-compatible modem emulator.  Network devices support autodial,
 	  channel-bundling, callback and caller-authentication without having
@@ -38,8 +38,9 @@ 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.
+	  Therefore the old ISDN4Linux layer will eventually become obsolete.
+	  It is still available, though, for use with adapters 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
In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice.
In practice, there is.


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