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diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index ed511af0f79a..c268783bc4e7 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -241,16 +241,6 @@ Who: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> --------------------------- -What (Why): - - xt_recent: the old ipt_recent proc dir - (superseded by /proc/net/xt_recent) - -When: January 2009 or Linux 2.7.0, whichever comes first -Why: Superseded by newer revisions or modules -Who: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@computergmbh.de> - ---------------------------- - What: GPIO autorequest on gpio_direction_{input,output}() in gpiolib When: February 2010 Why: All callers should use explicit gpio_request()/gpio_free(). @@ -520,26 +510,21 @@ Who: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com> ---------------------------- -What: corgikbd, spitzkbd, tosakbd driver -When: 2.6.35 -Files: drivers/input/keyboard/{corgi,spitz,tosa}kbd.c -Why: We now have a generic GPIO based matrix keyboard driver that - are fully capable of handling all the keys on these devices. - The original drivers manipulate the GPIO registers directly - and so are difficult to maintain. -Who: Eric Miao <eric.y.miao@gmail.com> +What: sysfs-class-rfkill state file +When: Feb 2014 +Files: net/rfkill/core.c +Why: Documented as obsolete since Feb 2010. This file is limited to 3 + states while the rfkill drivers can have 4 states. +Who: anybody or Florian Mickler <florian@mickler.org> ---------------------------- -What: corgi_ssp and corgi_ts driver -When: 2.6.35 -Files: arch/arm/mach-pxa/corgi_ssp.c, drivers/input/touchscreen/corgi_ts.c -Why: The corgi touchscreen is now deprecated in favour of the generic - ads7846.c driver. The noise reduction technique used in corgi_ts.c, - that's to wait till vsync before ADC sampling, is also integrated into - ads7846 driver now. Provided that the original driver is not generic - and is difficult to maintain, it will be removed later. -Who: Eric Miao <eric.y.miao@gmail.com> +What: sysfs-class-rfkill claim file +When: Feb 2012 +Files: net/rfkill/core.c +Why: It is not possible to claim an rfkill driver since 2007. This is + Documented as obsolete since Feb 2010. +Who: anybody or Florian Mickler <florian@mickler.org> ---------------------------- @@ -564,6 +549,16 @@ Who: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com> ---------------------------- +What: xtime, wall_to_monotonic +When: 2.6.36+ +Files: kernel/time/timekeeping.c include/linux/time.h +Why: Cleaning up timekeeping internal values. Please use + existing timekeeping accessor functions to access + the equivalent functionality. +Who: John Stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com> + +---------------------------- + What: KVM kernel-allocated memory slots When: July 2010 Why: Since 2.6.25, kvm supports user-allocated memory slots, which are @@ -583,9 +578,72 @@ Who: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com> ---------------------------- -What: "acpi=ht" boot option +What: iwlwifi 50XX module parameters +When: 2.6.40 +Why: The "..50" modules parameters were used to configure 5000 series and + up devices; different set of module parameters also available for 4965 + with same functionalities. Consolidate both set into single place + in drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c + +Who: Wey-Yi Guy <wey-yi.w.guy@intel.com> + +---------------------------- + +What: iwl4965 alias support +When: 2.6.40 +Why: Internal alias support has been present in module-init-tools for some + time, the MODULE_ALIAS("iwl4965") boilerplate aliases can be removed + with no impact. + +Who: Wey-Yi Guy <wey-yi.w.guy@intel.com> + +--------------------------- + +What: xt_NOTRACK +Files: net/netfilter/xt_NOTRACK.c +When: April 2011 +Why: Superseded by xt_CT +Who: Netfilter developer team <netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org> + +--------------------------- + +What: video4linux /dev/vtx teletext API support When: 2.6.35 -Why: Useful in 2003, implementation is a hack. - Generally invoked by accident today. - Seen as doing more harm than good. -Who: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com> +Files: drivers/media/video/saa5246a.c drivers/media/video/saa5249.c + include/linux/videotext.h +Why: The vtx device nodes have been superseded by vbi device nodes + for many years. No applications exist that use the vtx support. + Of the two i2c drivers that actually support this API the saa5249 + has been impossible to use for a year now and no known hardware + that supports this device exists. The saa5246a is theoretically + supported by the old mxb boards, but it never actually worked. + + In summary: there is no hardware that can use this API and there + are no applications actually implementing this API. + + The vtx support still reserves minors 192-223 and we would really + like to reuse those for upcoming new functionality. In the unlikely + event that new hardware appears that wants to use the functionality + provided by the vtx API, then that functionality should be build + around the sliced VBI API instead. +Who: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl> + +---------------------------- + +What: IRQF_DISABLED +When: 2.6.36 +Why: The flag is a NOOP as we run interrupt handlers with interrupts disabled +Who: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> + +---------------------------- + +What: old ieee1394 subsystem (CONFIG_IEEE1394) +When: 2.6.37 +Files: drivers/ieee1394/ except init_ohci1394_dma.c +Why: superseded by drivers/firewire/ (CONFIG_FIREWIRE) which offers more + features, better performance, and better security, all with smaller + and more modern code base +Who: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de> + +---------------------------- + |