X-Git-Url: https://err.no/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Ffeature-removal-schedule.txt;h=0bc8b0b2e103421cc7062e01d642b91cd0dc3abd;hb=0bdd0f385a44344f83409b9e00797bfe2596faf8;hp=4a1d8979ed9203b58f01817306f6d62e258f2a27;hpb=6026179519896e7d35b2564e7544487d1c8948e7;p=linux-2.6 diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index 4a1d8979ed..0bc8b0b2e1 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -50,22 +50,6 @@ Who: Dan Dennedy , Stefan Richter --------------------------- -What: ieee1394 core's unused exports (CONFIG_IEEE1394_EXPORT_FULL_API) -When: January 2007 -Why: There are no projects known to use these exported symbols, except - dfg1394 (uses one symbol whose functionality is core-internal now). -Who: Stefan Richter - ---------------------------- - -What: ieee1394's *_oui sysfs attributes (CONFIG_IEEE1394_OUI_DB) -When: January 2007 -Files: drivers/ieee1394/: oui.db, oui2c.sh -Why: big size, little value -Who: Stefan Richter - ---------------------------- - What: Video4Linux API 1 ioctls and video_decoder.h from Video devices. When: December 2006 Why: V4L1 AP1 was replaced by V4L2 API. during migration from 2.4 to 2.6 @@ -231,6 +215,13 @@ Who: Jean Delvare , --------------------------- +What: drivers depending on OBSOLETE_OSS +When: options in 2.6.22, code in 2.6.24 +Why: OSS drivers with ALSA replacements +Who: Adrian Bunk + +--------------------------- + What: IPv4 only connection tracking/NAT/helpers When: 2.6.22 Why: The new layer 3 independant connection tracking replaces the old @@ -262,29 +253,6 @@ Who: Venkatesh Pallipadi --------------------------- -<<<<<<< test:Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt -What: ACPI hotkey driver (CONFIG_ACPI_HOTKEY) -When: 2.6.21 -Why: hotkey.c was an attempt to consolidate multiple drivers that use - ACPI to implement hotkeys. However, hotkeys are not documented - in the ACPI specification, so the drivers used undocumented - vendor-specific hooks and turned out to be more different than - the same. - - Further, the keys and the features supplied by each platform - are different, so there will always be a need for - platform-specific drivers. - - So the new plan is to delete hotkey.c and instead, work on the - platform specific drivers to try to make them look the same - to the user when they supply the same features. - - hotkey.c has always depended on CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL - -Who: Len Brown - ---------------------------- - What: /sys/firmware/acpi/namespace When: 2.6.21 Why: The ACPI namespace is effectively the symbol list for @@ -315,16 +283,44 @@ Who: Len Brown --------------------------- -What: JFFS (version 1) -When: 2.6.21 -Why: Unmaintained for years, superceded by JFFS2 for years. -Who: Jeff Garzik - ---------------------------- - What: sk98lin network driver When: July 2007 Why: In kernel tree version of driver is unmaintained. Sk98lin driver replaced by the skge driver. Who: Stephen Hemminger +--------------------------- + +What: Compaq touchscreen device emulation +When: Oct 2007 +Files: drivers/input/tsdev.c +Why: The code says it was obsolete when it was written in 2001. + tslib is a userspace library which does anything tsdev can do and + much more besides in userspace where this code belongs. There is no + longer any need for tsdev and applications should have converted to + use tslib by now. + The name "tsdev" is also extremely confusing and lots of people have + it loaded when they don't need/use it. +Who: Richard Purdie + +--------------------------- + +What: Wireless extensions over netlink (CONFIG_NET_WIRELESS_RTNETLINK) +When: with the merge of wireless-dev, 2.6.22 or later +Why: The option/code is + * not enabled on most kernels + * not required by any userspace tools (except an experimental one, + and even there only for some parts, others use ioctl) + * pointless since wext is no longer evolving and the ioctl + interface needs to be kept +Who: Johannes Berg + +--------------------------- + +What: i8xx_tco watchdog driver +When: in 2.6.22 +Why: the i8xx_tco watchdog driver has been replaced by the iTCO_wdt + watchdog driver. +Who: Wim Van Sebroeck + +---------------------------