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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/block/Kconfig | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/block/ub.c | 2 |
3 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index a0ffac029a0d..d5dc80f30352 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -524,3 +524,14 @@ Files: arch/arm/mach-at91/at91cap9.c Why: The code is not actively maintained and platforms are now hard to find. Who: Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@atmel.com> Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD <plagnioj@jcrosoft.com> + +---------------------------- + +What: Low Performance USB Block driver ("CONFIG_BLK_DEV_UB") +When: 3.6 +Why: This driver provides support for USB storage devices like "USB + sticks". As of now, it is deactivated in Debian, Fedora and + Ubuntu. All current users can switch over to usb-storage + (CONFIG_USB_STORAGE) which only drawback is the additional SCSI + stack. +Who: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <sebastian@breakpoint.cc> diff --git a/drivers/block/Kconfig b/drivers/block/Kconfig index 4e4c8a4a5fd3..a796407123c7 100644 --- a/drivers/block/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/block/Kconfig @@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ config BLK_DEV_SX8 Use devices /dev/sx8/$N and /dev/sx8/$Np$M. config BLK_DEV_UB - tristate "Low Performance USB Block driver" + tristate "Low Performance USB Block driver (deprecated)" depends on USB help This driver supports certain USB attached storage devices diff --git a/drivers/block/ub.c b/drivers/block/ub.c index 298ac75ac8e5..fcec0225ac76 100644 --- a/drivers/block/ub.c +++ b/drivers/block/ub.c @@ -2440,6 +2440,8 @@ static int __init ub_init(void) int rc; int i; + pr_info("'Low Performance USB Block' driver is deprecated. " + "Please switch to usb-storage\n"); for (i = 0; i < UB_QLOCK_NUM; i++) spin_lock_init(&ub_qlockv[i]); |