X-Git-Url: https://err.no/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Ffeature-removal-schedule.txt;h=db300e09c9ac5f98dde04c74f63e5eb2bead0b64;hb=fc943b12e48f9341bce48c2fadf094cc721aab93;hp=599fe55bf2970bb56b512f77d8ce5170d1e0199d;hpb=a217656cb26c5b7ebe9900354b2e808c1f74b470;p=linux-2.6 diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index 599fe55bf2..db300e09c9 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -138,6 +138,24 @@ Who: Kay Sievers --------------------------- +What: find_task_by_pid +When: 2.6.26 +Why: With pid namespaces, calling this funciton will return the + wrong task when called from inside a namespace. + + The best way to save a task pid and find a task by this + pid later, is to find this task's struct pid pointer (or get + it directly from the task) and call pid_task() later. + + If someone really needs to get a task by its pid_t, then + he most likely needs the find_task_by_vpid() to get the + task from the same namespace as the current task is in, but + this may be not so in general. + +Who: Pavel Emelyanov + +--------------------------- + What: ACPI procfs interface When: July 2008 Why: ACPI sysfs conversion should be finished by January 2008. @@ -271,6 +289,14 @@ Who: Glauber Costa --------------------------- +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 + +--------------------------- + What: /sys/o2cb symlink When: January 2010 Why: /sys/fs/o2cb is the proper location for this information - /sys/o2cb @@ -286,3 +312,34 @@ When: 2.6.26 Why: Implementation became generic; users should now include linux/semaphore.h instead. Who: Matthew Wilcox + +--------------------------- + +What: SCTP_GET_PEER_ADDRS_NUM_OLD, SCTP_GET_PEER_ADDRS_OLD, + SCTP_GET_LOCAL_ADDRS_NUM_OLD, SCTP_GET_LOCAL_ADDRS_OLD +When: June 2009 +Why: A newer version of the options have been introduced in 2005 that + removes the limitions of the old API. The sctp library has been + converted to use these new options at the same time. Any user + space app that directly uses the old options should convert to using + the new options. +Who: Vlad Yasevich + +--------------------------- + +What: CONFIG_THERMAL_HWMON +When: January 2009 +Why: This option was introduced just to allow older lm-sensors userspace + to keep working over the upgrade to 2.6.26. At the scheduled time of + removal fixed lm-sensors (2.x or 3.x) should be readily available. +Who: Rene Herman + +--------------------------- + +What: Code that is now under CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT_SYSFS + (in net/core/net-sysfs.c) +When: After the only user (hal) has seen a release with the patches + for enough time, probably some time in 2010. +Why: Over 1K .text/.data size reduction, data is available in other + ways (ioctls) +Who: Johannes Berg