usb/ub: deprecate & schedule for removal the "Low Performance USB Block" driver

Deprecate this driver. All devices which can be handled by this driver
can also be handled by the usb-storage driver.

Acked-By: Pete Zaitcev <[email protected]>
Cc: Jens Axboe <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
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Sebastian Andrzej Siewior 2012-03-15 21:59:36 +01:00 • committed by Greg Kroah-Hartman
commit 7396bd9fa1
3 changed files with 14 additions and 1 deletions

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@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ config BLK_DEV_SX8
Use devices /dev/sx8/$N and /dev/sx8/$Np$M.
config BLK_DEV_UB
tristate "Low Performance USB Block driver"
tristate "Low Performance USB Block driver (deprecated)"
depends on USB
help
This driver supports certain USB attached storage devices

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@ -2440,6 +2440,8 @@ static int __init ub_init(void)
int rc;
int i;
pr_info("'Low Performance USB Block' driver is deprecated. "
"Please switch to usb-storage\n");
for (i = 0; i < UB_QLOCK_NUM; i++)
spin_lock_init(&ub_qlockv[i]);