usb/ub: deprecate & schedule for removal the "Low Performance USB Blo…

…ck" 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 <zaitcev@redhat.com>
Cc: Jens Axboe <jaxboe@fusionio.com>
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <sebastian@breakpoint.cc>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt

@@ -524,3 +524,14 @@ Files:	arch/arm/mach-at91/at91cap9.c
 Why:	The code is not actively maintained and platforms are now hard to find.
 Who:	Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@atmel.com>
 	Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD <plagnioj@jcrosoft.com>
+
+----------------------------
+
+What:	Low Performance USB Block driver ("CONFIG_BLK_DEV_UB")
+When:	3.6
+Why:	This driver provides support for USB storage devices like "USB
+	sticks". As of now, it is deactivated in Debian, Fedora and
+        Ubuntu. All current users can switch over to usb-storage
+        (CONFIG_USB_STORAGE) which only drawback is the additional SCSI
+        stack.
+Who:	Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <sebastian@breakpoint.cc>

drivers/block/Kconfig

@@ -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

drivers/block/ub.c

@@ -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]);