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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/usb/gadget/Kconfig | 14 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/usb/gadget/file_storage.c | 2 |
3 files changed, 16 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index 1a9446b59153..21f331d0473d 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -600,3 +600,10 @@ Why: Superseded by the UVCIOC_CTRL_QUERY ioctl. Who: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com> ---------------------------- + +What: g_file_storage driver +When: 3.8 +Why: This driver has been superseded by g_mass_storage. +Who: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu> + +---------------------------- diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/Kconfig b/drivers/usb/gadget/Kconfig index 9468adbe42bb..22e43fffbcc0 100644 --- a/drivers/usb/gadget/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/Kconfig @@ -877,7 +877,7 @@ config USB_FUNCTIONFS_GENERIC no Ethernet interface. config USB_FILE_STORAGE - tristate "File-backed Storage Gadget" + tristate "File-backed Storage Gadget (DEPRECATED)" depends on BLOCK help The File-backed Storage Gadget acts as a USB Mass Storage @@ -888,6 +888,9 @@ config USB_FILE_STORAGE Say "y" to link the driver statically, or "m" to build a dynamically linked module called "g_file_storage". + NOTE: This driver is deprecated. Its replacement is the + Mass Storage Gadget. + config USB_FILE_STORAGE_TEST bool "File-backed Storage Gadget testing version" depends on USB_FILE_STORAGE @@ -907,14 +910,11 @@ config USB_MASS_STORAGE device (in much the same way as the "loop" device driver), specified as a module parameter or sysfs option. - This is heavily based on File-backed Storage Gadget and in most - cases you will want to use FSG instead. This gadget is mostly - here to test the functionality of the Mass Storage Function - which may be used with composite framework. + This driver is an updated replacement for the deprecated + File-backed Storage Gadget (g_file_storage). Say "y" to link the driver statically, or "m" to build - a dynamically linked module called "g_mass_storage". If unsure, - consider File-backed Storage Gadget. + a dynamically linked module called "g_mass_storage". config USB_G_SERIAL tristate "Serial Gadget (with CDC ACM and CDC OBEX support)" diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/file_storage.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/file_storage.c index 0360f56221ea..83bee30cdb94 100644 --- a/drivers/usb/gadget/file_storage.c +++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/file_storage.c @@ -3486,6 +3486,8 @@ static int __init fsg_bind(struct usb_gadget *gadget) } INFO(fsg, DRIVER_DESC ", version: " DRIVER_VERSION "\n"); + INFO(fsg, "NOTE: This driver is deprecated. " + "Consider using g_mass_storage instead.\n"); INFO(fsg, "Number of LUNs=%d\n", fsg->nluns); pathbuf = kmalloc(PATH_MAX, GFP_KERNEL); |