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[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is superseded by traffic schedulers.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 <shemminger@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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@ -306,3 +306,12 @@ Why: In kernel tree version of driver is unmaintained. Sk98lin driver
Who: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org>
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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 <shemminger@linux-foundation.org>