---------------------------
+What: old static regulatory information and ieee80211_regdom module parameter
+When: 2.6.29
+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 also kept around the ieee80211_regdom module parameter in case
+ some applications were relying on it. Changing regulatory domains
+ can now be done instead by using nl80211, as is done with iw.
+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(superseded by xt_mark match revision 1)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: 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: 2.6.29 (ideally) or 2.6.30 (more likely)
+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: SELinux "compat_net" functionality
+When: 2.6.30 at the earliest
+Why: In 2.6.18 the Secmark concept was introduced to replace the "compat_net"
+ network access control functionality of SELinux. Secmark offers both
+ better performance and greater flexibility than the "compat_net"
+ mechanism. Now that the major Linux distributions have moved to
+ Secmark, it is time to deprecate the older mechanism and start the
+ process of removing the old code.
+Who: Paul Moore <paul.moore@hp.com>
+---------------------------
+
+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>
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