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diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index 20c4c8bac9d7..68ce1300a360 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -156,22 +156,6 @@ Who: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com> --------------------------- -What: USB driver API moves to EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL -When: February 2008 -Files: include/linux/usb.h, drivers/usb/core/driver.c -Why: The USB subsystem has changed a lot over time, and it has been - possible to create userspace USB drivers using usbfs/libusb/gadgetfs - that operate as fast as the USB bus allows. Because of this, the USB - subsystem will not be allowing closed source kernel drivers to - register with it, after this grace period is over. If anyone needs - any help in converting their closed source drivers over to use the - userspace filesystems, please contact the - linux-usb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net mailing list, and the developers - there will be glad to help you out. -Who: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> - ---------------------------- - What: vm_ops.nopage When: Soon, provided in-kernel callers have been converted Why: This interface is replaced by vm_ops.fault, but it has been around @@ -191,15 +175,6 @@ Who: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@suse.de> --------------------------- -What: i2c_adapter.list -When: July 2007 -Why: Superfluous, this list duplicates the one maintained by the driver - core. -Who: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>, - David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net> - ---------------------------- - What: ACPI procfs interface When: July 2008 Why: ACPI sysfs conversion should be finished by January 2008. @@ -225,14 +200,6 @@ Who: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com> --------------------------- -What: i2c-ixp2000, i2c-ixp4xx and scx200_i2c drivers -When: September 2007 -Why: Obsolete. The new i2c-gpio driver replaces all hardware-specific - I2C-over-GPIO drivers. -Who: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> - ---------------------------- - What: 'time' kernel boot parameter When: January 2008 Why: replaced by 'printk.time=<value>' so that printk timestamps can be @@ -241,13 +208,6 @@ Who: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> --------------------------- -What: drivers depending on OSS_OBSOLETE -When: options in 2.6.23, code in 2.6.25 -Why: obsolete OSS drivers -Who: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> - ---------------------------- - What: libata spindown skipping and warning When: Dec 2008 Why: Some halt(8) implementations synchronize caches for and spin @@ -266,22 +226,6 @@ Who: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com> --------------------------- -What: Legacy RTC drivers (under drivers/i2c/chips) -When: November 2007 -Why: Obsolete. We have a RTC subsystem with better drivers. -Who: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> - ---------------------------- - -What: iptables SAME target -When: 1.1. 2008 -Files: net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_SAME.c, include/linux/netfilter_ipv4/ipt_SAME.h -Why: Obsolete for multiple years now, NAT core provides the same behaviour. - Unfixable broken wrt. 32/64 bit cleanness. -Who: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> - ---------------------------- - What: The arch/ppc and include/asm-ppc directories When: Jun 2008 Why: The arch/powerpc tree is the merged architecture for ppc32 and ppc64 @@ -295,16 +239,6 @@ Who: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org --------------------------- -What: mthca driver's MSI support -When: January 2008 -Files: drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/*.[ch] -Why: All mthca hardware also supports MSI-X, which provides - strictly more functionality than MSI. So there is no point in - having both MSI-X and MSI support in the driver. -Who: Roland Dreier <rolandd@cisco.com> - ---------------------------- - What: sk98lin network driver When: Feburary 2008 Why: In kernel tree version of driver is unmaintained. Sk98lin driver @@ -323,13 +257,77 @@ Who: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> --------------------------- -What: shaper network driver -When: January 2008 -Files: drivers/net/shaper.c, include/linux/if_shaper.h -Why: This driver has been marked obsolete for many years. - It was only designed to work on lower speed links and has design - flaws that lead to machine crashes. The qdisc infrastructure in - 2.4 or later kernels, provides richer features and is more robust. -Who: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org> +--------------------------- + +What: i2c-i810, i2c-prosavage and i2c-savage4 +When: May 2008 +Why: These drivers are superseded by i810fb, intelfb and savagefb. +Who: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> + +--------------------------- + +What: bcm43xx wireless network driver +When: 2.6.26 +Files: drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx +Why: This driver's functionality has been replaced by the + mac80211-based b43 and b43legacy drivers. +Who: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> + +--------------------------- + +What: ieee80211 softmac wireless networking component +When: 2.6.26 (or after removal of bcm43xx and port of zd1211rw to mac80211) +Files: net/ieee80211/softmac +Why: No in-kernel drivers will depend on it any longer. +Who: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> + +--------------------------- + +What: rc80211-simple rate control algorithm for mac80211 +When: 2.6.26 +Files: net/mac80211/rc80211-simple.c +Why: This algorithm was provided for reference but always exhibited bad + responsiveness and performance and has some serious flaws. It has been + replaced by rc80211-pid. +Who: Stefano Brivio <stefano.brivio@polimi.it> --------------------------- + +What (Why): + - include/linux/netfilter_ipv4/ipt_TOS.h ipt_tos.h header files + (superseded by xt_TOS/xt_tos target & match) + + - "forwarding" header files like ipt_mac.h in + include/linux/netfilter_ipv4/ and include/linux/netfilter_ipv6/ + + - xt_CONNMARK match revision 0 + (superseded by xt_CONNMARK match revision 1) + + - xt_MARK target revisions 0 and 1 + (superseded by xt_MARK match revision 2) + + - xt_connmark match revision 0 + (superseded by xt_connmark match revision 1) + + - xt_conntrack match revision 0 + (superseded by xt_conntrack match revision 1) + + - xt_iprange match revision 0, + include/linux/netfilter_ipv4/ipt_iprange.h + (superseded by xt_iprange match revision 1) + + - xt_mark match revision 0 + (superseded by xt_mark match revision 1) + +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 +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. +Who: Michael Buesch <mb@bu3sch.de> |