feature-removal: Remove pn544 raw driver
authorSamuel Ortiz <sameo@linux.intel.com>
Mon, 7 May 2012 10:31:30 +0000 (12:31 +0200)
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Tue, 15 May 2012 21:31:22 +0000 (17:31 -0400)
The pn544_hci driver uses the kernel NFC APIs while pn544 does not.
Moreover pn544 is outdated and not maintained.

Signed-off-by: Samuel Ortiz <sameo@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt

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@@ -534,6 +534,18 @@ Who:       Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
 
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+What:  Removing the pn544 raw driver.
+When:  3.6
+Why:   With the introduction of the NFC HCI and SHDL kernel layers, pn544.c
+       is being replaced by pn544_hci.c which is accessible through the netlink
+       and socket NFC APIs. Moreover, pn544.c is outdated and does not seem to
+       work properly with the latest Android stacks.
+       Having 2 drivers for the same hardware is confusing and as such we
+       should only keep the one following the kernel NFC APIs.
+Who:   Samuel Ortiz <sameo@linux.intel.com>
+
+----------------------------
+
 What:  setitimer accepts user NULL pointer (value)
 When:  3.6
 Why:   setitimer is not returning -EFAULT if user pointer is NULL. This