X-Git-Url: http://ftp.safe.ca/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Ffeature-removal-schedule.txt;h=21ab9357326d77ce3b007d5f5c34c92f0e41c174;hb=e69381b4175ba162229646f6753ff1d87c24d468;hp=04e6c819b28af073f9c5846f0bed8300f9ccc3c6;hpb=d0153ca35d344d9b640dc305031b0703ba3f30f0;p=safe%2Fjmp%2Flinux-2.6 diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index 04e6c81..21ab935 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -6,6 +6,21 @@ be removed from this file. --------------------------- +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 + +--------------------------- + What: PRISM54 When: 2.6.34 @@ -276,22 +291,6 @@ Who: Michael Buesch --------------------------- -What: usedac i386 kernel parameter -When: 2.6.27 -Why: replaced by allowdac and no dac combination -Who: Glauber Costa - ---------------------------- - -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 - ---------------------------- - What: /sys/o2cb symlink When: January 2010 Why: /sys/fs/o2cb is the proper location for this information - /sys/o2cb @@ -302,18 +301,6 @@ Who: ocfs2-devel@oss.oracle.com --------------------------- -What: SCTP_GET_PEER_ADDRS_NUM_OLD, SCTP_GET_PEER_ADDRS_OLD, - SCTP_GET_LOCAL_ADDRS_NUM_OLD, SCTP_GET_LOCAL_ADDRS_OLD -When: June 2009 -Why: A newer version of the options have been introduced in 2005 that - removes the limitions of the old API. The sctp library has been - converted to use these new options at the same time. Any user - space app that directly uses the old options should convert to using - the new options. -Who: Vlad Yasevich - ---------------------------- - What: Ability for non root users to shm_get hugetlb pages based on mlock resource limits When: 2.6.31 @@ -404,20 +391,19 @@ Who: Alex Chiang --------------------------- -What: i2c-voodoo3 driver -When: October 2009 -Why: Superseded by tdfxfb. I2C/DDC support used to live in a separate - driver but this caused driver conflicts. -Who: Jean Delvare - Krzysztof Helt - ---------------------------- - What: CONFIG_RFKILL_INPUT When: 2.6.33 Why: Should be implemented in userspace, policy daemon. Who: Johannes Berg +--------------------------- + +What: CONFIG_INOTIFY +When: 2.6.33 +Why: last user (audit) will be converted to the newer more generic + and more easily maintained fsnotify subsystem +Who: Eric Paris + ---------------------------- What: lock_policy_rwsem_* and unlock_policy_rwsem_* will not be @@ -481,3 +467,10 @@ Why: With the recent innovations in CPU hardware acceleration technologies Who: Alok N Kataria ---------------------------- + +What: adt7473 hardware monitoring driver +When: February 2010 +Why: Obsoleted by the adt7475 driver. +Who: Jean Delvare + +---------------------------