---------------------------
-What: ide-tape driver
-When: July 2008
-Files: drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
-Why: This driver might not have any users anymore and maintaining it for no
- reason is an effort no one wants to make.
-Who: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>, Borislav Petkov
- <petkovbb@googlemail.com>
-
----------------------------
-
What: libata spindown skipping and warning
When: Dec 2008
Why: Some halt(8) implementations synchronize caches for and spin
---------------------------
-What: sk98lin network driver
-When: Feburary 2008
-Why: In kernel tree version of driver is unmaintained. Sk98lin driver
- replaced by the skge driver.
-Who: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org>
-
----------------------------
-
What: i386/x86_64 bzImage symlinks
-When: April 2008
+When: April 2010
Why: The i386/x86_64 merge provides a symlink to the old bzImage
location so not yet updated user space tools, e.g. package
---------------------------
----------------------------
-
What: i2c-i810, i2c-prosavage and i2c-savage4
When: May 2008
Why: These drivers are superseded by i810fb, intelfb and savagefb.
---------------------------
-What: bcm43xx wireless network driver
-When: 2.6.26
-Files: drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx
-Why: This driver's functionality has been replaced by the
- mac80211-based b43 and b43legacy drivers.
-Who: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
-
----------------------------
-
-What: ieee80211 softmac wireless networking component
-When: 2.6.26 (or after removal of bcm43xx and port of zd1211rw to mac80211)
-Files: net/ieee80211/softmac
-Why: No in-kernel drivers will depend on it any longer.
-Who: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
-
----------------------------
-
-What: rc80211-simple rate control algorithm for mac80211
-When: 2.6.26
-Files: net/mac80211/rc80211-simple.c
-Why: This algorithm was provided for reference but always exhibited bad
- responsiveness and performance and has some serious flaws. It has been
- replaced by rc80211-pid.
-Who: Stefano Brivio <stefano.brivio@polimi.it>
-
----------------------------
-
What (Why):
- include/linux/netfilter_ipv4/ipt_TOS.h ipt_tos.h header files
(superseded by xt_TOS/xt_tos target & match)
code / infrastructure should be in the kernel and not in some
out-of-tree driver.
Who: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
+
+---------------------------
+
+What: /sys/o2cb symlink
+When: January 2010
+Why: /sys/fs/o2cb is the proper location for this information - /sys/o2cb
+ exists as a symlink for backwards compatibility for old versions of
+ ocfs2-tools. 2 years should be sufficient time to phase in new versions
+ which know to look in /sys/fs/o2cb.
+Who: ocfs2-devel@oss.oracle.com