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diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index f50cf8fac3f0..99f219a01e0e 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -6,17 +6,6 @@ be removed from this file. --------------------------- -What: devfs -When: July 2005 -Files: fs/devfs/*, include/linux/devfs_fs*.h and assorted devfs - function calls throughout the kernel tree -Why: It has been unmaintained for a number of years, has unfixable - races, contains a naming policy within the kernel that is - against the LSB, and can be replaced by using udev. -Who: Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@kroah.com> - ---------------------------- - What: RAW driver (CONFIG_RAW_DRIVER) When: December 2005 Why: declared obsolete since kernel 2.6.3 @@ -33,27 +22,12 @@ Who: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> --------------------------- -What: RCU API moves to EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL -When: April 2006 -Files: include/linux/rcupdate.h, kernel/rcupdate.c -Why: Outside of Linux, the only implementations of anything even - vaguely resembling RCU that I am aware of are in DYNIX/ptx, - VM/XA, Tornado, and K42. I do not expect anyone to port binary - drivers or kernel modules from any of these, since the first two - are owned by IBM and the last two are open-source research OSes. - So these will move to GPL after a grace period to allow - people, who might be using implementations that I am not aware - of, to adjust to this upcoming change. -Who: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@us.ibm.com> - ---------------------------- - What: raw1394: requests of type RAW1394_REQ_ISO_SEND, RAW1394_REQ_ISO_LISTEN -When: November 2005 +When: November 2006 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 <scjody@steamballoon.com> +Who: Jody McIntyre <scjody@modernduck.com> --------------------------- @@ -147,16 +121,6 @@ Who: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de> --------------------------- -What: au1x00_uart driver -When: January 2006 -Why: The 8250 serial driver now has the ability to deal with the differences - between the standard 8250 family of UARTs and their slightly strange - brother on Alchemy SOCs. The loss of features is not considered an - issue. -Who: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> - ---------------------------- - What: eepro100 network driver When: January 2007 Why: replaced by the e100 driver @@ -192,6 +156,16 @@ Who: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> --------------------------- +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. +When: before 2.6.19 +Why: Unused symbols are both increasing the size of the kernel binary + and are often a sign of "wrong API" +Who: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com> + +--------------------------- + What: remove EXPORT_SYMBOL(tasklist_lock) When: August 2006 Files: kernel/fork.c @@ -239,3 +213,56 @@ Why: The interface no longer has any callers left in the kernel. It Who: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de> --------------------------- + +What: Support for the MIPS EV96100 evaluation board +When: September 2006 +Why: Does no longer build since at least November 15, 2003, apparently + no userbase left. +Who: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> + +--------------------------- + +What: Support for the Momentum / PMC-Sierra Jaguar ATX evaluation board +When: September 2006 +Why: Does no longer build since quite some time, and was never popular, + due to the platform being replaced by successor models. Apparently + no user base left. It also is one of the last users of + WANT_PAGE_VIRTUAL. +Who: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> + +--------------------------- + +What: Support for the Momentum Ocelot, Ocelot 3, Ocelot C and Ocelot G +When: September 2006 +Why: Some do no longer build and apparently there is no user base left + for these platforms. +Who: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> + +--------------------------- + +What: Support for MIPS Technologies' Altas and SEAD evaluation board +When: September 2006 +Why: Some do no longer build and apparently there is no user base left + for these platforms. Hardware out of production since several years. +Who: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> + +--------------------------- + +What: Support for the IT8172-based platforms, ITE 8172G and Globespan IVR +When: September 2006 +Why: Code does no longer build since at least 2.6.0, apparently there is + no user base left for these platforms. Hardware out of production + since several years and hardly a trace of the manufacturer left on + the net. +Who: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> + +--------------------------- + +What: Interrupt only SA_* flags +When: Januar 2007 +Why: The interrupt related SA_* flags are replaced by IRQF_* to move them + out of the signal namespace. + +Who: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> + +--------------------------- |