Pull misc into release branch

[linux-2.6] / Documentation / feature-removal-schedule.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
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--- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ Who:  David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
 What:  Video4Linux API 1 ioctls and video_decoder.h from Video devices.
 When:  December 2006
 Files: include/linux/video_decoder.h
+Check: include/linux/video_decoder.h
 Why:   V4L1 AP1 was replaced by V4L2 API. during migration from 2.4 to 2.6
        series. The old API have lots of drawbacks and don't provide enough
        means to work with all video and audio standards. The newer API is
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ Who:  Dominik Brodowski <linux@brodo.de>
 What:  remove EXPORT_SYMBOL(kernel_thread)
 When:  August 2006
 Files: arch/*/kernel/*_ksyms.c
-Funcs: kernel_thread
+Check: kernel_thread
 Why:   kernel_thread is a low-level implementation detail.  Drivers should
         use the <linux/kthread.h> API instead which shields them from
        implementation details and provides a higherlevel interface that
@@ -135,26 +136,8 @@ Who:       Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
 
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-What:  filemap_nopage, filemap_populate
-When:  April 2007
-Why:   These legacy interfaces no longer have any callers in the kernel and
-       any functionality provided can be provided with filemap_fault. The
-       removal schedule is short because they are a big maintainence burden
-       and have some bugs.
-Who:   Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de>
-
----------------------------
-
-What:  vm_ops.populate, install_page
-When:  April 2007
-Why:   These legacy interfaces no longer have any callers in the kernel and
-       any functionality provided can be provided with vm_ops.fault.
-Who:   Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de>
-
----------------------------
-
 What:  vm_ops.nopage
-When:  February 2008, provided in-kernel callers have been converted
+When:  Soon, provided in-kernel callers have been converted
 Why:   This interface is replaced by vm_ops.fault, but it has been around
        forever, is used by a lot of drivers, and doesn't cost much to
        maintain.
@@ -181,15 +164,6 @@ Who:       Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@suse.de>
 
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-What:  i2c-isa
-When:  December 2006
-Why:   i2c-isa is a non-sense and doesn't fit in the device driver
-       model. Drivers relying on it are better implemented as platform
-       drivers.
-Who:   Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
-
----------------------------
-
 What:  i2c_adapter.list
 When:  July 2007
 Why:   Superfluous, this list duplicates the one maintained by the driver
@@ -206,24 +180,11 @@ Who:   Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
 
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-What:  /sys/firmware/acpi/namespace
-When:  2.6.21
-Why:   The ACPI namespace is effectively the symbol list for
-       the BIOS.  The device names are completely arbitrary
-       and have no place being exposed to user-space.
-
-       For those interested in the BIOS ACPI namespace,
-       the BIOS can be extracted and disassembled with acpidump
-       and iasl as documented in the pmtools package here:
-       http://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/lenb/acpi/utils
-Who:   Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
-
----------------------------
-
 What:  ACPI procfs interface
-When:  July 2007
-Why:   After ACPI sysfs conversion, ACPI attributes will be duplicated
-       in sysfs and the ACPI procfs interface should be removed.
+When:  July 2008
+Why:   ACPI sysfs conversion should be finished by January 2008.
+       ACPI procfs interface will be removed in July 2008 so that
+       there is enough time for the user space to catch up.
 Who:   Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@intel.com>
 
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