X-Git-Url: http://pilppa.org/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Ffeature-removal-schedule.txt;h=fb8258ebc577bcfaa7923f9ee2ebc7736cb69a6a;hb=82467611ffc41fba534c95f8b4ae3887a90f5a66;hp=a43d2878a4efd7a7d0fbe8d50d324c3fcaf75416;hpb=8059862c636778bc1872c89ae307eb6bccd35581;p=linux-2.6-omap-h63xx.git diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index a43d2878a4e..fb8258ebc57 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -197,17 +197,11 @@ Who: Len Brown --------------------------- -What: Compaq touchscreen device emulation -When: Oct 2007 -Files: drivers/input/tsdev.c -Why: The code says it was obsolete when it was written in 2001. - tslib is a userspace library which does anything tsdev can do and - much more besides in userspace where this code belongs. There is no - longer any need for tsdev and applications should have converted to - use tslib by now. - The name "tsdev" is also extremely confusing and lots of people have - it loaded when they don't need/use it. -Who: Richard Purdie +What: /proc/acpi/event +When: February 2008 +Why: /proc/acpi/event has been replaced by events via the input layer + and netlink since 2.6.23. +Who: Len Brown --------------------------- @@ -290,3 +284,32 @@ Why: All mthca hardware also supports MSI-X, which provides Who: Roland Dreier --------------------------- + +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 + +--------------------------- + +What: i386/x86_64 bzImage symlinks +When: April 2008 + +Why: The i386/x86_64 merge provides a symlink to the old bzImage + location so not yet updated user space tools, e.g. package + scripts, do not break. +Who: Thomas Gleixner + +--------------------------- + +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 + +---------------------------