From 72645eff4b2ad6cf2b016b54f9d6817cca0a621d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Wey-Yi Guy Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2010 07:42:43 -0700 Subject: iwlwifi: schedule to deprecate software scan support Hardware scan is the prefer method for all iwlwifi devices; especially for dual-mode functions. Schedule to deprecate the software scan support in kernel 2.6.40 Signed-off-by: Wey-Yi Guy --- drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c') diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c index 1167771..8b6aa3d 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c @@ -3966,7 +3966,7 @@ static int iwl3945_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *e * "the hard way", rather than using device's scan. */ if (iwl3945_mod_params.disable_hw_scan) { - IWL_DEBUG_INFO(priv, "Disabling hw_scan\n"); + IWL_ERR(priv, "sw scan support is deprecated\n"); iwl3945_hw_ops.hw_scan = NULL; } @@ -4291,7 +4291,8 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(debug, "debug output mask"); #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)"); +MODULE_PARM_DESC(disable_hw_scan, + "disable hardware scanning (default 0) (deprecated)"); module_param_named(fw_restart3945, iwl3945_mod_params.restart_fw, int, S_IRUGO); MODULE_PARM_DESC(fw_restart3945, "restart firmware in case of error"); -- cgit v1.1