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diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index 99f219a01e0e..552507fe9a7e 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -55,14 +55,6 @@ Who: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@brturbo.com.br> --------------------------- -What: remove EXPORT_SYMBOL(insert_resource) -When: April 2006 -Files: kernel/resource.c -Why: No modular usage in the kernel. -Who: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> - ---------------------------- - What: PCMCIA control ioctl (needed for pcmcia-cs [cardmgr, cardctl]) When: November 2005 Files: drivers/pcmcia/: pcmcia_ioctl.c @@ -128,6 +120,13 @@ Who: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> --------------------------- +What: drivers depending on OSS_OBSOLETE_DRIVER +When: options in 2.6.20, code in 2.6.22 +Why: OSS drivers with ALSA replacements +Who: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> + +--------------------------- + What: pci_module_init(driver) When: January 2007 Why: Is replaced by pci_register_driver(pci_driver). @@ -166,17 +165,6 @@ Who: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com> --------------------------- -What: remove EXPORT_SYMBOL(tasklist_lock) -When: August 2006 -Files: kernel/fork.c -Why: tasklist_lock protects the kernel internal task list. Modules have - no business looking at it, and all instances in drivers have been due - to use of too-lowlevel APIs. Having this symbol exported prevents - moving to more scalable locking schemes for the task list. -Who: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> - ---------------------------- - What: mount/umount uevents When: February 2007 Why: These events are not correct, and do not properly let userspace know @@ -266,3 +254,43 @@ Why: The interrupt related SA_* flags are replaced by IRQF_* to move them Who: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> --------------------------- + +What: i2c-ite and i2c-algo-ite drivers +When: September 2006 +Why: These drivers never compiled since they were added to the kernel + tree 5 years ago. This feature removal can be reevaluated if + someone shows interest in the drivers, fixes them and takes over + maintenance. + http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-mips&m=115040510817448 +Who: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> + +--------------------------- + +What: Bridge netfilter deferred IPv4/IPv6 output hook calling +When: January 2007 +Why: The deferred output hooks are a layering violation causing unusual + and broken behaviour on bridge devices. Examples of things they + break include QoS classifation using the MARK or CLASSIFY targets, + the IPsec policy match and connection tracking with VLANs on a + bridge. Their only use is to enable bridge output port filtering + within iptables with the physdev match, which can also be done by + combining iptables and ebtables using netfilter marks. Until it + will get removed the hook deferral is disabled by default and is + only enabled when needed. + +Who: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> + +--------------------------- + +What: frame diverter +When: November 2006 +Why: The frame diverter is included in most distribution kernels, but is + broken. It does not correctly handle many things: + - IPV6 + - non-linear skb's + - network device RCU on removal + - input frames not correctly checked for protocol errors + It also adds allocation overhead even if not enabled. + It is not clear if anyone is still using it. +Who: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org> + |