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diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index bf0e3df8e7a1..599fe55bf297 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -128,15 +128,6 @@ Who: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com> --------------------------- -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 - forever, is used by a lot of drivers, and doesn't cost much to - maintain. -Who: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de> - ---------------------------- - What: PHYSDEVPATH, PHYSDEVBUS, PHYSDEVDRIVER in the uevent environment When: October 2008 Why: The stacking of class devices makes these values misleading and @@ -203,16 +194,8 @@ Who: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org --------------------------- -What: sk98lin network driver -When: Feburary 2008 -Why: In kernel tree version of driver is unmaintained. Sk98lin driver - replaced by the skge driver. -Who: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org> - ---------------------------- - What: i386/x86_64 bzImage symlinks -When: April 2008 +When: April 2010 Why: The i386/x86_64 merge provides a symlink to the old bzImage location so not yet updated user space tools, e.g. package @@ -221,8 +204,6 @@ Who: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> --------------------------- ---------------------------- - What: i2c-i810, i2c-prosavage and i2c-savage4 When: May 2008 Why: These drivers are superseded by i810fb, intelfb and savagefb. @@ -230,33 +211,6 @@ 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wireless network driver -When: 2.6.26 -Files: drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx -Why: This driver's functionality has been replaced by the - mac80211-based b43 and b43legacy drivers.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) @@ -298,17 +252,6 @@ Who: Michael Buesch <mb@bu3sch.de> --------------------------- -What: Solaris/SunOS syscall and binary support on Sparc -When: 2.6.26 -Why: Largely unmaintained and almost entirely unused. File system - layering used to divert library and dynamic linker searches to - /usr/gnemul is extremely buggy and unfixable. Making it work - is largely pointless as without a lot of work only the most - trivial of Solaris binaries can work with the emulation code. -Who: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> - ---------------------------- - What: init_mm export When: 2.6.26 Why: Not used in-tree. The current out-of-tree users used it to @@ -318,3 +261,28 @@ Why: Not used in-tree. The current out-of-tree users used it to code / infrastructure should be in the kernel and not in some out-of-tree driver. Who: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> + +---------------------------- + +What: usedac i386 kernel parameter +When: 2.6.27 +Why: replaced by allowdac and no dac combination +Who: Glauber Costa <gcosta@redhat.com> + +--------------------------- + +What: /sys/o2cb symlink +When: January 2010 +Why: /sys/fs/o2cb is the proper location for this information - /sys/o2cb + exists as a symlink for backwards compatibility for old versions of + ocfs2-tools. 2 years should be sufficient time to phase in new versions + which know to look in /sys/fs/o2cb. +Who: ocfs2-devel@oss.oracle.com + +--------------------------- + +What: asm/semaphore.h +When: 2.6.26 +Why: Implementation became generic; users should now include + linux/semaphore.h instead. +Who: Matthew Wilcox <willy@linux.intel.com> |