X-Git-Url: http://pilppa.org/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Ffeature-removal-schedule.txt;h=fa844fd7bded4004f1c050e8cc5bc719210c1452;hb=46626296314e5679c9aaca36979a50ac20692e0b;hp=0ba6af02cdaf9ce2b48b11767d54ad06d4ff918e;hpb=54b290a2ecfbfb8613fbf854f9c45667821d9b8d;p=linux-2.6-omap-h63xx.git diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index 0ba6af02cda..fa844fd7bde 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -50,22 +50,6 @@ Who: Dan Dennedy , Stefan Richter --------------------------- -What: ieee1394 core's unused exports (CONFIG_IEEE1394_EXPORT_FULL_API) -When: January 2007 -Why: There are no projects known to use these exported symbols, except - dfg1394 (uses one symbol whose functionality is core-internal now). -Who: Stefan Richter - ---------------------------- - -What: ieee1394's *_oui sysfs attributes (CONFIG_IEEE1394_OUI_DB) -When: January 2007 -Files: drivers/ieee1394/: oui.db, oui2c.sh -Why: big size, little value -Who: Stefan Richter - ---------------------------- - What: Video4Linux API 1 ioctls and video_decoder.h from Video devices. When: December 2006 Why: V4L1 AP1 was replaced by V4L2 API. during migration from 2.4 to 2.6 @@ -186,18 +170,6 @@ Who: Greg Kroah-Hartman --------------------------- -What: find_trylock_page -When: January 2007 -Why: The interface no longer has any callers left in the kernel. It - is an odd interface (compared with other find_*_page functions), in - that it does not take a refcount to the page, only the page lock. - It should be replaced with find_get_page or find_lock_page if possible. - This feature removal can be reevaluated if users of the interface - cannot cleanly use something else. -Who: Nick Piggin - ---------------------------- - What: Interrupt only SA_* flags When: Januar 2007 Why: The interrupt related SA_* flags are replaced by IRQF_* to move them @@ -274,6 +246,7 @@ Who: Venkatesh Pallipadi --------------------------- +<<<<<<< test:Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt What: ACPI hotkey driver (CONFIG_ACPI_HOTKEY) When: 2.6.21 Why: hotkey.c was an attempt to consolidate multiple drivers that use @@ -306,11 +279,18 @@ Why: The ACPI namespace is effectively the symbol list for the BIOS can be extracted and disassembled with acpidump and iasl as documented in the pmtools package here: http://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/lenb/acpi/utils - Who: Len Brown --------------------------- +What: ACPI procfs interface +When: July 2007 +Why: After ACPI sysfs conversion, ACPI attributes will be duplicated + in sysfs and the ACPI procfs interface should be removed. +Who: Zhang Rui + +--------------------------- + What: /proc/acpi/button When: August 2007 Why: /proc/acpi/button has been replaced by events to the input layer @@ -325,3 +305,10 @@ Why: Unmaintained for years, superceded by JFFS2 for years. Who: Jeff Garzik --------------------------- + +What: sk98lin network driver +When: July 2007 +Why: In kernel tree version of driver is unmaintained. Sk98lin driver + replaced by the skge driver. +Who: Stephen Hemminger +