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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt')
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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 35 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index d43900c9ede2..aca4f8235969 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ Why: /proc/<pid>/oom_adj allows userspace to influence the oom killer's A much more powerful interface, /proc/<pid>/oom_score_adj, was introduced with the oom killer rewrite that allows users to increase or - decrease the badness() score linearly. This interface will replace + decrease the badness score linearly. This interface will replace /proc/<pid>/oom_adj. A warning will be emitted to the kernel log if an application uses this @@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ Files: drivers/staging/cs5535_gpio/* Check: drivers/staging/cs5535_gpio/cs5535_gpio.c Why: A newer driver replaces this; it is drivers/gpio/cs5535-gpio.c, and integrates with the Linux GPIO subsystem. The old driver has been - moved to staging, and will be removed altogether around 2.6.40. + moved to staging, and will be removed altogether around 3.0. Please test the new driver, and ensure that the functionality you need and any bugfixes from the old driver are available in the new one. @@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ When: The schedule was July 2008, but it was decided that we are going to keep t Why: The support code for the old firmware hurts code readability/maintainability and slightly hurts runtime performance. Bugfixes for the old firmware are not provided by Broadcom anymore. -Who: Michael Buesch <mb@bu3sch.de> +Who: Michael Buesch <m@bues.ch> --------------------------- @@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ Who: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com> ---------------------------- What: iwlwifi 50XX module parameters -When: 2.6.40 +When: 3.0 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 @@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ Who: Wey-Yi Guy <wey-yi.w.guy@intel.com> ---------------------------- What: iwl4965 alias support -When: 2.6.40 +When: 3.0 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. @@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ Who: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp> ---------------------------- What: iwlwifi disable_hw_scan module parameters -When: 2.6.40 +When: 3.0 Why: Hareware scan is the prefer method for iwlwifi devices for scanning operation. Remove software scan support for all the iwlwifi devices. @@ -491,16 +491,6 @@ Who: Wey-Yi Guy <wey-yi.w.guy@intel.com> ---------------------------- -What: cancel_rearming_delayed_work[queue]() -When: 2.6.39 - -Why: The functions have been superceded by cancel_delayed_work_sync() - quite some time ago. The conversion is trivial and there is no - in-kernel user left. -Who: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> - ----------------------------- - What: Legacy, non-standard chassis intrusion detection interface. When: June 2011 Why: The adm9240, w83792d and w83793 hardware monitoring drivers have @@ -518,22 +508,6 @@ Files: net/netfilter/xt_connlimit.c ---------------------------- -What: noswapaccount kernel command line parameter -When: 2.6.40 -Why: The original implementation of memsw feature enabled by - CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_RES_CTLR_SWAP could be disabled by the noswapaccount - kernel parameter (introduced in 2.6.29-rc1). Later on, this decision - turned out to be not ideal because we cannot have the feature compiled - in and disabled by default and let only interested to enable it - (e.g. general distribution kernels might need it). Therefore we have - added swapaccount[=0|1] parameter (introduced in 2.6.37) which provides - the both possibilities. If we remove noswapaccount we will have - less command line parameters with the same functionality and we - can also cleanup the parameter handling a bit (). -Who: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.cz> - ----------------------------- - What: ipt_addrtype match include file When: 2012 Why: superseded by xt_addrtype @@ -552,7 +526,7 @@ Who: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> ---------------------------- What: Support for UVCIOC_CTRL_ADD in the uvcvideo driver -When: 2.6.42 +When: 3.2 Why: The information passed to the driver by this ioctl is now queried dynamically from the device. Who: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com> @@ -560,7 +534,7 @@ Who: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com> ---------------------------- What: Support for UVCIOC_CTRL_MAP_OLD in the uvcvideo driver -When: 2.6.42 +When: 3.2 Why: Used only by applications compiled against older driver versions. Superseded by UVCIOC_CTRL_MAP which supports V4L2 menu controls. Who: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com> @@ -568,7 +542,7 @@ Who: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com> ---------------------------- What: Support for UVCIOC_CTRL_GET and UVCIOC_CTRL_SET in the uvcvideo driver -When: 2.6.42 +When: 3.2 Why: Superseded by the UVCIOC_CTRL_QUERY ioctl. Who: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com> |