Move all to deprecated folder.

deprecated/firmware/buildroot/package/protobuf/Config.in

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+# See src/google/protobuf/stubs/platform_macros.h for supported archs.
+# PowerPC doesn't actually work.
+# host-protobuf only builds on certain architectures
+config BR2_PACKAGE_PROTOBUF_ARCH_SUPPORTS
+	bool
+	default y if BR2_arm
+	default y if BR2_i386
+	default y if BR2_mipsel
+	default y if BR2_x86_64
+	depends on BR2_HOSTARCH = "x86_64" || BR2_HOSTARCH = "x86"
+
+config BR2_PACKAGE_PROTOBUF
+	bool "protobuf"
+	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_PROTOBUF_ARCH_SUPPORTS
+	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS
+	help
+	  Protocol buffers are Google's language-neutral, platform-neutral,
+	  extensible mechanism for serializing structured data.
+
+	  https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers
+
+comment "protobuf needs a toolchain w/ C++, threads, dynamic library"
+	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS \
+		|| BR2_STATIC_LIBS
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_PROTOBUF_ARCH_SUPPORTS

deprecated/firmware/buildroot/package/protobuf/protobuf.hash

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+# Locally calculated
+sha256 2667b7cda4a6bc8a09e5463adf3b5984e08d94e72338277affa8594d8b6e5cd1 protobuf-v2.6.1.tar.gz

deprecated/firmware/buildroot/package/protobuf/protobuf.mk

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+################################################################################
+#
+# protobuf
+#
+################################################################################
+
+PROTOBUF_VERSION = v2.6.1
+PROTOBUF_SITE = $(call github,google,protobuf,$(PROTOBUF_VERSION))
+PROTOBUF_LICENSE = BSD-3c
+PROTOBUF_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
+# no configure script
+PROTOBUF_AUTORECONF = YES
+
+# N.B. Need to use host protoc during cross compilation.
+PROTOBUF_DEPENDENCIES = host-protobuf
+PROTOBUF_CONF_OPTS = --with-protoc=$(HOST_DIR)/usr/bin/protoc
+
+PROTOBUF_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
+
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_ZLIB),y)
+PROTOBUF_DEPENDENCIES += zlib
+endif
+
+$(eval $(autotools-package))
+$(eval $(host-autotools-package))