-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 (Why):
+ - include/linux/netfilter_ipv4/ipt_TOS.h ipt_tos.h header files
+ (superseded by xt_TOS/xt_tos target & match)
+
+ - "forwarding" header files like ipt_mac.h in
+ include/linux/netfilter_ipv4/ and include/linux/netfilter_ipv6/
+
+ - xt_CONNMARK match revision 0
+ (superseded by xt_CONNMARK match revision 1)
+
+ - xt_MARK target revisions 0 and 1
+ (superseded by xt_MARK match revision 2)
+
+ - xt_connmark match revision 0
+ (superseded by xt_connmark match revision 1)
+
+ - xt_conntrack match revision 0
+ (superseded by xt_conntrack match revision 1)
+
+ - xt_iprange match revision 0,
+ include/linux/netfilter_ipv4/ipt_iprange.h
+ (superseded by xt_iprange match revision 1)
+
+ - xt_mark match revision 0
+ (superseded by xt_mark match revision 1)
+
+ - 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+ (superseded by /proc/net/xt_recent)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+Why: Superseded by newer revisions or modules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>