Seeing that the discussion about this has ebbed out but the last version of this patch has disappeared again from the -mm tree, permit me another attempt to get this fixed: From: Tilman Schmidt <[email protected]> According to the definitions recently posted on LKML, the maturity label for the ISDN4Linux subsystem is wrong. This patch corrects it and also clarifies the accompanying help text a bit. Signed-off-by: Tilman Schmidt <[email protected]> --- --- a/drivers/isdn/Kconfig 2007-02-04 19:44:54.000000000 +0100 +++ b/drivers/isdn/Kconfig 2007-05-28 14:48:54.000000000 +0200 @@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ menu "Old ISDN4Linux" depends on NET && ISDN config ISDN_I4L - tristate "Old ISDN4Linux (obsolete)" + tristate "Old ISDN4Linux (deprecated)" ---help--- - This driver allows you to use an ISDN-card for networking + This subsystem allows you to use an ISDN adapter for networking connections and as dialin/out device. The isdn-tty's have a built in AT-compatible modem emulator. Network devices support autodial, channel-bundling, callback and caller-authentication without having @@ -38,8 +38,9 @@ config ISDN_I4L ISDN support in the linux kernel is moving towards a new API, called CAPI (Common ISDN Application Programming Interface). - Therefore the old ISDN4Linux layer is becoming obsolete. It is - still usable, though, if you select this option. + Therefore the old ISDN4Linux layer will eventually become obsolete. + It is still available, though, for use with adapters that are not + supported by the new CAPI subsystem yet. if ISDN_I4L source "drivers/isdn/i4l/Kconfig" -- Tilman Schmidt E-Mail: [email protected] Bonn, Germany In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is.
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