---------------------------
+What: The ieee80211_regdom module parameter
+When: March 2010 / desktop catchup
+
+Why: This was inherited by the CONFIG_WIRELESS_OLD_REGULATORY code,
+ and currently serves as an option for users to define an
+ ISO / IEC 3166 alpha2 code for the country they are currently
+ present in. Although there are userspace API replacements for this
+ through nl80211 distributions haven't yet caught up with implementing
+ decent alternatives through standard GUIs. Although available as an
+ option through iw or wpa_supplicant its just a matter of time before
+ distributions pick up good GUI options for this. The ideal solution
+ would actually consist of intelligent designs which would do this for
+ the user automatically even when travelling through different countries.
+ Until then we leave this module parameter as a compromise.
+
+ When userspace improves with reasonable widely-available alternatives for
+ this we will no longer need this module parameter. This entry hopes that
+ by the super-futuristically looking date of "March 2010" we will have
+ such replacements widely available.
+
+Who: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com>
+
+---------------------------
+
+What: CONFIG_WIRELESS_OLD_REGULATORY - old static regulatory information
+When: March 2010 / desktop catchup
+
+Why: The old regulatory infrastructure has been replaced with a new one
+ which does not require statically defined regulatory domains. We do
+ not want to keep static regulatory domains in the kernel due to the
+ the dynamic nature of regulatory law and localization. We kept around
+ the old static definitions for the regulatory domains of:
+
+ * US
+ * JP
+ * EU
+
+ and used by default the US when CONFIG_WIRELESS_OLD_REGULATORY was
+ set. We will remove this option once the standard Linux desktop catches
+ up with the new userspace APIs we have implemented.
+
+Who: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com>
+
+---------------------------
+
What: dev->power.power_state
When: July 2007
Why: Broken design for runtime control over driver power states, confusing
---------------------------
-What: old tuner-3036 i2c driver
-When: 2.6.28
-Why: This driver is for VERY old i2c-over-parallel port teletext receiver
- boxes. Rather then spending effort on converting this driver to V4L2,
- and since it is extremely unlikely that anyone still uses one of these
- devices, it was decided to drop it.
-Who: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl>
- Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
-
- ---------------------------
-
-What: V4L2 dpc7146 driver
-When: 2.6.28
-Why: Old driver for the dpc7146 demonstration board that is no longer
- relevant. The last time this was tested on actual hardware was
- probably around 2002. Since this is a driver for a demonstration
- board the decision was made to remove it rather than spending a
- lot of effort continually updating this driver to stay in sync
- with the latest internal V4L2 or I2C API.
-Who: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl>
- Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
-
----------------------------
-
What: PCMCIA control ioctl (needed for pcmcia-cs [cardmgr, cardctl])
When: November 2005
Files: drivers/pcmcia/: pcmcia_ioctl.c
---------------------------
-What: eepro100 network driver
-When: January 2007
-Why: replaced by the e100 driver
-Who: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
-
----------------------------
-
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.
- 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>
---------------------------
What: b43 support for firmware revision < 410
-When: July 2008
+When: The schedule was July 2008, but it was decided that we are going to keep the
+ code as long as there are no major maintanance headaches.
+ So it _could_ be removed _any_ time now, if it conflicts with something new.
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.
---------------------------
-What: init_mm export
-When: 2.6.26
-Why: Not used in-tree. The current out-of-tree users used it to
- work around problems in the CPA code which should be resolved
- by now. One usecase was described to provide verification code
- of the CPA operation. That's a good idea in general, but such
- code / infrastructure should be in the kernel and not in some
- out-of-tree driver.
-Who: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
-
-----------------------------
-
What: usedac i386 kernel parameter
When: 2.6.27
Why: replaced by allowdac and no dac combination
---------------------------
-What: old style serial driver for ColdFire (CONFIG_SERIAL_COLDFIRE)
-When: 2.6.28
-Why: This driver still uses the old interface and has been replaced
- by CONFIG_SERIAL_MCF.
-Who: Sebastian Siewior <sebastian@breakpoint.cc>
+What: remove HID compat support
+When: 2.6.29
+Why: needed only as a temporary solution until distros fix themselves up
+Who: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@gmail.com>
+
+---------------------------
+
+What: print_fn_descriptor_symbol()
+When: October 2009
+Why: The %pF vsprintf format provides the same functionality in a
+ simpler way. print_fn_descriptor_symbol() is deprecated but
+ still present to give out-of-tree modules time to change.
+Who: Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@hp.com>
---------------------------
---------------------------
-What: ide-scsi (BLK_DEV_IDESCSI)
-When: 2.6.29
-Why: The 2.6 kernel supports direct writing to ide CD drives, which
- eliminates the need for ide-scsi. The new method is more
- efficient in every way.
-Who: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp>
+What: i2c_attach_client(), i2c_detach_client(), i2c_driver->detach_client()
+When: 2.6.30
+Check: i2c_attach_client i2c_detach_client
+Why: Deprecated by the new (standard) device driver binding model. Use
+ i2c_driver->probe() and ->remove() instead.
+Who: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
+
+---------------------------
+
+What: fscher and fscpos drivers
+When: June 2009
+Why: Deprecated by the new fschmd driver.
+Who: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>
+ Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
+
+---------------------------
+
+What: sysfs ui for changing p4-clockmod parameters
+When: September 2009
+Why: See commits 129f8ae9b1b5be94517da76009ea956e89104ce8 and
+ e088e4c9cdb618675874becb91b2fd581ee707e6.
+ Removal is subject to fixing any remaining bugs in ACPI which may
+ cause the thermal throttling not to happen at the right time.
+Who: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>, Matthew Garrett <mjg@redhat.com>
+
+-----------------------------
+
+What: __do_IRQ all in one fits nothing interrupt handler
+When: 2.6.32
+Why: __do_IRQ was kept for easy migration to the type flow handlers.
+ More than two years of migration time is enough.
+Who: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
+
+-----------------------------
+
+What: obsolete generic irq defines and typedefs
+When: 2.6.30
+Why: The defines and typedefs (hw_interrupt_type, no_irq_type, irq_desc_t)
+ have been kept around for migration reasons. After more than two years
+ it's time to remove them finally
+Who: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
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