X-Git-Url: http://pilppa.org/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Ffeature-removal-schedule.txt;h=1d227ee3792a1f704c7b505486e50985cf7fd8b5;hb=60fe7403209179fccd6629172c4b36acc69c5db6;hp=d3c52dd24a2ae6f5a39d35d788c8831aa52f4b9c;hpb=66cf8f1443301a1d5bc9c21709e4264e6919a3e1;p=linux-2.6-omap-h63xx.git diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index d3c52dd24a2..1d227ee3792 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -43,6 +43,14 @@ Who: Randy Dunlap --------------------------- +What: RAW driver (CONFIG_RAW_DRIVER) +When: December 2005 +Why: declared obsolete since kernel 2.6.3 + O_DIRECT can be used instead +Who: Adrian Bunk + +--------------------------- + What: register_ioctl32_conversion() / unregister_ioctl32_conversion() When: April 2005 Why: Replaced by ->compat_ioctl in file_operations and other method @@ -63,3 +71,51 @@ Why: Outside of Linux, the only implementations of anything even people, who might be using implementations that I am not aware of, to adjust to this upcoming change. Who: Paul E. McKenney + +--------------------------- + +What: remove verify_area() +When: July 2006 +Files: Various uaccess.h headers. +Why: Deprecated and redundant. access_ok() should be used instead. +Who: Jesper Juhl + +--------------------------- + +What: IEEE1394 Audio and Music Data Transmission Protocol driver, + Connection Management Procedures driver +When: November 2005 +Files: drivers/ieee1394/{amdtp,cmp}* +Why: These are incomplete, have never worked, and are better implemented + in userland via raw1394 (see http://freebob.sourceforge.net/ for + example.) +Who: Jody McIntyre + +--------------------------- + +What: raw1394: requests of type RAW1394_REQ_ISO_SEND, RAW1394_REQ_ISO_LISTEN +When: November 2005 +Why: Deprecated in favour of the new ioctl-based rawiso interface, which is + more efficient. You should really be using libraw1394 for raw1394 + access anyway. +Who: Jody McIntyre + +--------------------------- + +What: register_serial/unregister_serial +When: December 2005 +Why: This interface does not allow serial ports to be registered against + a struct device, and as such does not allow correct power management + of such ports. 8250-based ports should use serial8250_register_port + and serial8250_unregister_port instead. +Who: Russell King + +--------------------------- + +What: i2c sysfs name change: in1_ref, vid deprecated in favour of cpu0_vid +When: November 2005 +Files: drivers/i2c/chips/adm1025.c, drivers/i2c/chips/adm1026.c +Why: Match the other drivers' name for the same function, duplicate names + will be available until removal of old names. +Who: Grant Coady +