Schedule a removal for this driver. Alternative driver is available for
a while now.
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Acked-by: Greg Ungerer <gerg@uclinux.org>
Acked-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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+What: old style serial driver for ColdFire (CONFIG_SERIAL_COLDFIRE)
+When: 2.6.28
+Why: This driver still uses the old interface and has been replaced
+ by CONFIG_SERIAL_MCF.
+Who: Sebastian Siewior <sebastian@breakpoint.cc>
+
+---------------------------
+
What: /sys/o2cb symlink
When: January 2010
Why: /sys/fs/o2cb is the proper location for this information - /sys/o2cb
depends on SERIAL_68328
config SERIAL_COLDFIRE
- bool "ColdFire serial support"
+ bool "ColdFire serial support (DEPRECATED)"
depends on COLDFIRE
help
This driver supports the built-in serial ports of the Motorola ColdFire
family of CPUs.
+ This driver is deprecated because it supports only the old interface
+ for serial drivers and features like magic keys are not working.
+ Please switch to the new style driver because this driver will be
+ removed soon.
config SERIAL_MCF
bool "Coldfire serial support (new style driver)"
+#warning This driver is deprecated. Check Kconfig for details.
/*
* mcfserial.c -- serial driver for ColdFire internal UARTS.
*