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| author | Ben Warren <biggerbadderben@gmail.com> | 2009-04-28 17:04:51 -0700 |
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| committer | Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de> | 2009-05-15 21:32:52 +0200 |
| commit | c404cc5884b0c82fd82d751dbd8e8b3f8919a23a (patch) | |
| tree | 968c8f736ffd686d016699cedb7d9470191596f3 /doc | |
| parent | 60bbcf0cc6e55095dd186e59a557d584b9b56eb1 (diff) | |
Schedule removal of non-CONFIG_NET_MULTI net driver API
This will make CONFIG_NET_MULTI the only net driver configuration and
we'll be able to remove this option.
Signed-off-by: Ben Warren <biggerbadderben@gmail.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 19 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/doc/feature-removal-schedule.txt index d966abb60c7..b1f0582f7b2 100644 --- a/doc/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/doc/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -7,6 +7,25 @@ file. --------------------------- +What: CONFIG_NET_MULTI option +When: Release 2009-11 + +Why: U-boot currently implements two network driver APIs. New drivers with + the older-style implementation have not been accepted for a while, and + this parallel system makes the code confusing and hard to augment. + + All existing in-tree boards will be converted to use CONFIG_NET_MULTI + over the span of two releases (2009-07 and 2009-09). + In the 2009-11 release, all code that is compiled when CONFIG_NET_MULTI + is not set will be removed, and all references to CONFIG_NET_MULTI + will be removed, effectively making it the only API. This should + provide ample time for out-of-tree users to adjust, and for tools on + all architectures to be made to work with weak functions. + +Who: Ben Warren <biggerbadderben@gmail.com> + +--------------------------- + What: "autoscr" command When: Release 2009-09 |