ieee1394: schedule *_oui sysfs attributes for removal

There is no manpower available to reform oui.db into a library for use in more kernel subsystems. The low ratio of usefulness to size and the occasional need to update oui.db from IEEE's official list suggest to drop oui.db. I plan to make a userspace script available which translates the remaining numeric sysfs attributes to names of organizations. Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter <[email protected]>
mrcsosa · Dec 7, 2006 · 4e834da · 4e834da
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diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -57,6 +57,14 @@ Who:	Stefan Richter <[email protected]>
 
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+What:	ieee1394's *_oui sysfs attributes (CONFIG_IEEE1394_OUI_DB)
+When:	January 2007
+Files:	drivers/ieee1394/: oui.db, oui2c.sh
+Why:	big size, little value
+Who:	Stefan Richter <[email protected]>
+
+---------------------------
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 What:	Video4Linux API 1 ioctls and video_decoder.h from Video devices.
 When:	December 2006
 Why:	V4L1 AP1 was replaced by V4L2 API. during migration from 2.4 to 2.6

diff --git a/drivers/ieee1394/Kconfig b/drivers/ieee1394/Kconfig
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ config IEEE1394_VERBOSEDEBUG
 	  else says N.
 
 config IEEE1394_OUI_DB
-	bool "OUI Database built-in"
+	bool "OUI Database built-in (deprecated)"
 	depends on IEEE1394
 	help
 	  If you say Y here, then an OUI list (vendor unique ID's) will be