linux-kernel - [52/55] iwl3945: do not deprecate software scan

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Message-Id: <20110429185657.635894807@clark.kroah.org>
Date:	Fri, 29 Apr 2011 11:56:15 -0700
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...nel.org
Cc:	stable-review@...nel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk,
	Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@...hat.com>,
	Wey-Yi Guy <wey-yi.w.guy@...el.com>,
	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>
Subject: [52/55] iwl3945: do not deprecate software scan

2.6.38-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let us know.

------------------

From: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@...hat.com>

commit 3bda50e3eaf58a4b9c4ce34204e5faa15c8b1b97 upstream.

Software scanning can be used for workaround some performance problems,
so do not deprecate it.

Signed-off-by: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@...hat.com>
Acked-by: Wey-Yi Guy <wey-yi.w.guy@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@...driver.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>

---
 drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c |    6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c
@@ -3995,8 +3995,7 @@ static int iwl3945_pci_probe(struct pci_
 	 * "the hard way", rather than using device's scan.
 	 */
 	if (iwl3945_mod_params.disable_hw_scan) {
-		dev_printk(KERN_DEBUG, &(pdev->dev),
-			"sw scan support is deprecated\n");
+		IWL_DEBUG_INFO(priv, "Disabling hw_scan\n");
 		iwl3945_hw_ops.hw_scan = NULL;
 	}
 
@@ -4318,8 +4317,7 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(debug, "debug output ma
 #endif
 module_param_named(disable_hw_scan, iwl3945_mod_params.disable_hw_scan,
 		   int, S_IRUGO);
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(disable_hw_scan,
-		 "disable hardware scanning (default 0) (deprecated)");
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(disable_hw_scan, "disable hardware scanning (default 0)");
 module_param_named(fw_restart3945, iwl3945_mod_params.restart_fw, int, S_IRUGO);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(fw_restart3945, "restart firmware in case of error");
 


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