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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 <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
Stefan Richter 18 years ago
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Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt

@@ -57,6 +57,14 @@ Who:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
 
 
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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 <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
+
+---------------------------
+
 What:	Video4Linux API 1 ioctls and video_decoder.h from Video devices.
 What:	Video4Linux API 1 ioctls and video_decoder.h from Video devices.
 When:	December 2006
 When:	December 2006
 Why:	V4L1 AP1 was replaced by V4L2 API. during migration from 2.4 to 2.6
 Why:	V4L1 AP1 was replaced by V4L2 API. during migration from 2.4 to 2.6

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drivers/ieee1394/Kconfig

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