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author | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2008-12-31 08:31:57 +0100 |
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committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2008-12-31 08:31:57 +0100 |
commit | a9de18eb761f7c1c860964b2e5addc1a35c7e861 (patch) | |
tree | 886e75fdfd09690cd262ca69cb7f5d1d42b48602 /Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | |
parent | Merge branch 'linus' into stackprotector (diff) | |
parent | Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://oss.sgi.com/xfs/xfs (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'linus' into stackprotector
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arch/x86/include/asm/pda.h
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diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index 4d2566a7d168..dc7c681e532c 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -56,30 +56,6 @@ Who: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org> --------------------------- -What: old tuner-3036 i2c driver -When: 2.6.28 -Why: This driver is for VERY old i2c-over-parallel port teletext receiver - boxes. Rather then spending effort on converting this driver to V4L2, - and since it is extremely unlikely that anyone still uses one of these - devices, it was decided to drop it. -Who: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl> - Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org> - - --------------------------- - -What: V4L2 dpc7146 driver -When: 2.6.28 -Why: Old driver for the dpc7146 demonstration board that is no longer - relevant. The last time this was tested on actual hardware was - probably around 2002. Since this is a driver for a demonstration - board the decision was made to remove it rather than spending a - lot of effort continually updating this driver to stay in sync - with the latest internal V4L2 or I2C API. -Who: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl> - Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org> - ---------------------------- - What: PCMCIA control ioctl (needed for pcmcia-cs [cardmgr, cardctl]) When: November 2005 Files: drivers/pcmcia/: pcmcia_ioctl.c @@ -144,13 +120,6 @@ Who: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> --------------------------- -What: eepro100 network driver -When: January 2007 -Why: replaced by the e100 driver -Who: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> - ---------------------------- - What: Unused EXPORT_SYMBOL/EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL exports (temporary transition config option provided until then) The transition config option will also be removed at the same time. @@ -268,18 +237,6 @@ Who: Michael Buesch <mb@bu3sch.de> --------------------------- -What: init_mm export -When: 2.6.26 -Why: Not used in-tree. The current out-of-tree users used it to - work around problems in the CPA code which should be resolved - by now. One usecase was described to provide verification code - of the CPA operation. That's a good idea in general, but such - code / infrastructure should be in the kernel and not in some - out-of-tree driver. -Who: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - ----------------------------- - What: usedac i386 kernel parameter When: 2.6.27 Why: replaced by allowdac and no dac combination @@ -294,6 +251,15 @@ Who: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@gmail.com> --------------------------- +What: print_fn_descriptor_symbol() +When: October 2009 +Why: The %pF vsprintf format provides the same functionality in a + simpler way. print_fn_descriptor_symbol() is deprecated but + still present to give out-of-tree modules time to change. +Who: Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@hp.com> + +--------------------------- + What: /sys/o2cb symlink When: January 2010 Why: /sys/fs/o2cb is the proper location for this information - /sys/o2cb @@ -350,3 +316,11 @@ Why: The 2.6 kernel supports direct writing to ide CD drives, which eliminates the need for ide-scsi. The new method is more efficient in every way. Who: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp> + +--------------------------- + +What: i2c_attach_client(), i2c_detach_client(), i2c_driver->detach_client() +When: 2.6.29 (ideally) or 2.6.30 (more likely) +Why: Deprecated by the new (standard) device driver binding model. Use + i2c_driver->probe() and ->remove() instead. +Who: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> |