X-Git-Url: http://ftp.safe.ca/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Ffeature-removal-schedule.txt;h=c268783bc4e7c18c2e4db792c3fba83d6bc44c71;hb=e620d1e39aa33b43bed96aa7f2ebbc88914aed58;hp=116a13c4f13f701e48f384d92e8174c41fe10e5c;hpb=5c01d5669356e13f0fb468944c1dd4c6a7e978ad;p=safe%2Fjmp%2Flinux-2.6 diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index 116a13c..c268783 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -241,16 +241,6 @@ Who: Thomas Gleixner --------------------------- -What (Why): - - xt_recent: the old ipt_recent proc dir - (superseded by /proc/net/xt_recent) - -When: January 2009 or Linux 2.7.0, whichever comes first -Why: Superseded by newer revisions or modules -Who: Jan Engelhardt - ---------------------------- - What: GPIO autorequest on gpio_direction_{input,output}() in gpiolib When: February 2010 Why: All callers should use explicit gpio_request()/gpio_free(). @@ -520,29 +510,6 @@ Who: Hans de Goede ---------------------------- -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 - ----------------------------- - -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 - ----------------------------- - What: sysfs-class-rfkill state file When: Feb 2014 Files: net/rfkill/core.c @@ -582,6 +549,16 @@ Who: Avi Kivity ---------------------------- +What: xtime, wall_to_monotonic +When: 2.6.36+ +Files: kernel/time/timekeeping.c include/linux/time.h +Why: Cleaning up timekeeping internal values. Please use + existing timekeeping accessor functions to access + the equivalent functionality. +Who: John Stultz + +---------------------------- + What: KVM kernel-allocated memory slots When: July 2010 Why: Since 2.6.25, kvm supports user-allocated memory slots, which are @@ -601,15 +578,6 @@ Who: Avi Kivity ---------------------------- -What: "acpi=ht" boot option -When: 2.6.35 -Why: Useful in 2003, implementation is a hack. - Generally invoked by accident today. - Seen as doing more harm than good. -Who: Len Brown - ----------------------------- - What: iwlwifi 50XX module parameters When: 2.6.40 Why: The "..50" modules parameters were used to configure 5000 series and @@ -628,3 +596,54 @@ Why: Internal alias support has been present in module-init-tools for some with no impact. Who: Wey-Yi Guy + +--------------------------- + +What: xt_NOTRACK +Files: net/netfilter/xt_NOTRACK.c +When: April 2011 +Why: Superseded by xt_CT +Who: Netfilter developer team + +--------------------------- + +What: video4linux /dev/vtx teletext API support +When: 2.6.35 +Files: drivers/media/video/saa5246a.c drivers/media/video/saa5249.c + include/linux/videotext.h +Why: The vtx device nodes have been superseded by vbi device nodes + for many years. No applications exist that use the vtx support. + Of the two i2c drivers that actually support this API the saa5249 + has been impossible to use for a year now and no known hardware + that supports this device exists. The saa5246a is theoretically + supported by the old mxb boards, but it never actually worked. + + In summary: there is no hardware that can use this API and there + are no applications actually implementing this API. + + The vtx support still reserves minors 192-223 and we would really + like to reuse those for upcoming new functionality. In the unlikely + event that new hardware appears that wants to use the functionality + provided by the vtx API, then that functionality should be build + around the sliced VBI API instead. +Who: Hans Verkuil + +---------------------------- + +What: IRQF_DISABLED +When: 2.6.36 +Why: The flag is a NOOP as we run interrupt handlers with interrupts disabled +Who: Thomas Gleixner + +---------------------------- + +What: old ieee1394 subsystem (CONFIG_IEEE1394) +When: 2.6.37 +Files: drivers/ieee1394/ except init_ohci1394_dma.c +Why: superseded by drivers/firewire/ (CONFIG_FIREWIRE) which offers more + features, better performance, and better security, all with smaller + and more modern code base +Who: Stefan Richter + +---------------------------- +