X-Git-Url: https://err.no/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Ffeature-removal-schedule.txt;h=1d227ee3792a1f704c7b505486e50985cf7fd8b5;hb=98e7f29418a4931f97e6b78d1ef3a47103fe6cd5;hp=b9eb209318ab7d737ba7e6be2a0587ce9e8a9d25;hpb=34812c9e188b47b1d6c9fff8ba530e6f2365ebc4;p=linux-2.6 diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index b9eb209318..1d227ee379 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -43,6 +43,14 @@ Who: Randy Dunlap --------------------------- +What: RAW driver (CONFIG_RAW_DRIVER) +When: December 2005 +Why: declared obsolete since kernel 2.6.3 + O_DIRECT can be used instead +Who: Adrian Bunk + +--------------------------- + What: register_ioctl32_conversion() / unregister_ioctl32_conversion() When: April 2005 Why: Replaced by ->compat_ioctl in file_operations and other method @@ -66,6 +74,14 @@ Who: Paul E. McKenney --------------------------- +What: remove verify_area() +When: July 2006 +Files: Various uaccess.h headers. +Why: Deprecated and redundant. access_ok() should be used instead. +Who: Jesper Juhl + +--------------------------- + What: IEEE1394 Audio and Music Data Transmission Protocol driver, Connection Management Procedures driver When: November 2005 @@ -83,3 +99,23 @@ Why: Deprecated in favour of the new ioctl-based rawiso interface, which is more efficient. You should really be using libraw1394 for raw1394 access anyway. Who: Jody McIntyre + +--------------------------- + +What: register_serial/unregister_serial +When: December 2005 +Why: This interface does not allow serial ports to be registered against + a struct device, and as such does not allow correct power management + of such ports. 8250-based ports should use serial8250_register_port + and serial8250_unregister_port instead. +Who: Russell King + +--------------------------- + +What: i2c sysfs name change: in1_ref, vid deprecated in favour of cpu0_vid +When: November 2005 +Files: drivers/i2c/chips/adm1025.c, drivers/i2c/chips/adm1026.c +Why: Match the other drivers' name for the same function, duplicate names + will be available until removal of old names. +Who: Grant Coady +