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diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index daaf03eaea6e..8ae8dad8e150 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -25,6 +25,13 @@ Who: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> --------------------------- +What: drivers depending on OBSOLETE_OSS_DRIVER +When: January 2006 +Why: OSS drivers with ALSA replacements +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 @@ -49,6 +56,21 @@ Who: Jody McIntyre <scjody@steamballoon.com> --------------------------- +What: Video4Linux API 1 ioctls and video_decoder.h from Video devices. +When: July 2006 +Why: V4L1 AP1 was replaced by V4L2 API. during migration from 2.4 to 2.6 + series. The old API have lots of drawbacks and don't provide enough + means to work with all video and audio standards. The newer API is + already available on the main drivers and should be used instead. + Newer drivers should use v4l_compat_translate_ioctl function to handle + old calls, replacing to newer ones. + Decoder iocts are using internally to allow video drivers to + communicate with video decoders. This should also be improved to allow + V4L2 calls being translated into compatible internal ioctls. +Who: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@brturbo.com.br> + +--------------------------- + What: i2c sysfs name change: in1_ref, vid deprecated in favour of cpu0_vid When: November 2005 Files: drivers/i2c/chips/adm1025.c, drivers/i2c/chips/adm1026.c @@ -58,6 +80,22 @@ Who: Grant Coady <gcoady@gmail.com> --------------------------- +What: remove EXPORT_SYMBOL(panic_timeout) +When: April 2006 +Files: kernel/panic.c +Why: No modular usage in the kernel. +Who: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> + +--------------------------- + +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 @@ -84,3 +122,29 @@ Why: This interface has been obsoleted by the new layer3-independent to link against API-compatible library on top of libnfnetlink_queue instead of the current 'libipq'. Who: Harald Welte <laforge@netfilter.org> + +--------------------------- + +What: EXPORT_SYMBOL(lookup_hash) +When: January 2006 +Why: Too low-level interface. Use lookup_one_len or lookup_create instead. +Who: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> + +--------------------------- + +What: START_ARRAY ioctl for md +When: July 2006 +Files: drivers/md/md.c +Why: Not reliable by design - can fail when most needed. + Alternatives exist +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> |