---------------------------
-What: USER_SCHED
-When: 2.6.34
-
-Why: USER_SCHED was implemented as a proof of concept for group scheduling.
- The effect of USER_SCHED can already be achieved from userspace with
- the help of libcgroup. The removal of USER_SCHED will also simplify
- the scheduler code with the removal of one major ifdef. There are also
- issues USER_SCHED has with USER_NS. A decision was taken not to fix
- those and instead remove USER_SCHED. Also new group scheduling
- features will not be implemented for USER_SCHED.
-
-Who: Dhaval Giani <dhaval@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
-
----------------------------
-
What: PRISM54
When: 2.6.34
---------------------------
+What: Deprecated snapshot ioctls
+When: 2.6.36
+
+Why: The ioctls in kernel/power/user.c were marked as deprecated long time
+ ago. Now they notify users about that so that they need to replace
+ their userspace. After some more time, remove them completely.
+
+Who: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@gmail.com>
+
+---------------------------
+
What: The ieee80211_regdom module parameter
When: March 2010 / desktop catchup
---------------------------
What: PCMCIA control ioctl (needed for pcmcia-cs [cardmgr, cardctl])
-When: November 2005
+When: 2.6.35/2.6.36
Files: drivers/pcmcia/: pcmcia_ioctl.c
Why: With the 16-bit PCMCIA subsystem now behaving (almost) like a
normal hotpluggable bus, and with it using the default kernel
infrastructure (hotplug, driver core, sysfs) keeping the PCMCIA
control ioctl needed by cardmgr and cardctl from pcmcia-cs is
- unnecessary, and makes further cleanups and integration of the
+ unnecessary and potentially harmful (it does not provide for
+ proper locking), and makes further cleanups and integration of the
PCMCIA subsystem into the Linux kernel device driver model more
difficult. The features provided by cardmgr and cardctl are either
handled by the kernel itself now or are available in the new
pcmciautils package available at
http://kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/pcmcia/
-Who: Dominik Brodowski <linux@brodo.de>
+
+ For all architectures except ARM, the associated config symbol
+ has been removed from kernel 2.6.34; for ARM, it will be likely
+ be removed from kernel 2.6.35. The actual code will then likely
+ be removed from kernel 2.6.36.
+Who: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>
---------------------------
sensors) wich are also supported by the gspca_zc3xx driver
(which supports 53 USB-ID's in total)
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: 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: capifs
+When: February 2011
+Files: drivers/isdn/capi/capifs.*
+Why: udev fully replaces this special file system that only contains CAPI
+ NCCI TTY device nodes. User space (pppdcapiplugin) works without
+ noticing the difference.
+Who: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@web.de>
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