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 <wey-yi.w.guy@intel.com>
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 @@
* "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 @@
#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");