netdev - [PATCH] net/wanrouter: Deprecate and schedule for removal

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Date:	Thu, 24 May 2012 10:13:30 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
Cc:	Ben Greear <greearb@...delatech.com>,
	Jan Ceuleers <jan.ceuleers@...puter.org>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] net/wanrouter: Deprecate and schedule for removal

No one uses this on current kernels anymore.

Let it be known it's going to be removed eventually.

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
---
On Thu, 2012-05-24 at 09:37 -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> And add to Documentation/features-removal. Probably need a year of
> warning period.

feature-removal-schedule.txt needs work,
but OK, here it is.

diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
index 1e69a81..145cded 100644
--- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -567,3 +567,9 @@ Why:	Remount currently allows changing bound subsystems and
 	replaced with conventional fsnotify.
 
 ----------------------------
+
+What:	net/wanrouter/
+When:	June 2013
+Why:	Unsupported/unmaintained/unused since 2.6
+
+----------------------------
diff --git a/net/wanrouter/Kconfig b/net/wanrouter/Kconfig
index 61ceae0..a157a2e 100644
--- a/net/wanrouter/Kconfig
+++ b/net/wanrouter/Kconfig
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #
 
 config WAN_ROUTER
-	tristate "WAN router"
+	tristate "WAN router (DEPRECATED)"
 	depends on EXPERIMENTAL
 	---help---
 	  Wide Area Networks (WANs), such as X.25, frame relay and leased


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