Subject: shaper: mark for removal

This driver has been marked obsolete for a long time and
is superseded by traffic schedulers.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>


--- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt        2007-08-23 
09:36:24.000000000 -0700
+++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt        2007-08-23 
09:43:24.000000000 -0700
@@ -290,3 +290,12 @@ Why:       All mthca hardware also supports MS
 Who:   Roland Dreier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
 
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+
+What:  shaper network driver
+When:  January 2008
+Files: drivers/net/shaper.c, include/linux/if_shaper.h
+Why:   This driver has been marked obsolete for many years.
+       It was only designed to work on lower speed links and has design
+       flaws that lead to machine crashes. The qdisc infrastructure in
+       2.4 or later kernels, provides richer features and is more robust.
+Who:   Stephen Hemminger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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