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| author | Jes Sorensen <Jes.Sorensen@redhat.com> | 2016-04-15 15:01:46 -0400 |
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| committer | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> | 2016-04-29 10:38:23 -0700 |
| commit | af4981fc59a6e1cee542d21e339176e6a5b74757 (patch) | |
| tree | 645a23306434d99d70654c3433b543bae418f38f /drivers/staging/rtl8723au/Kconfig | |
| parent | 6c3b78aa6e46addbbf6fba590b7af4ecbe45d459 (diff) | |
staging: rtl8723au: Add warning about this driver being deprecated
This driver is deprecated and superseded by rtl8xxxu. It will be
removed in a future kernel release.
Add a warning to Kconfig and at device init time to notify users and
allow them time to switch over.
Signed-off-by: Jes Sorensen <Jes.Sorensen@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/staging/rtl8723au/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/staging/rtl8723au/Kconfig | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/Kconfig b/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/Kconfig index 435f3594dabe..277c1ab69317 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/Kconfig @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ config R8723AU - tristate "Realtek RTL8723AU Wireless LAN NIC driver" + tristate "Realtek RTL8723AU Wireless LAN NIC driver (deprecated)" depends on USB && WLAN && RFKILL select WIRELESS_EXT select WEXT_PRIV @@ -7,7 +7,10 @@ config R8723AU default n ---help--- This option adds the Realtek RTL8723AU USB device such as found in - the Lenovo Yogi 13 tablet. If built as a module, it will be called r8723au. + the Lenovo Yoga 13 tablet. If built as a module, it will be called r8723au. + + Note: This driver is deprecated and scheduled to be removed in a + future kernel release. Please use rtl8xxxu instead. if R8723AU |