X-Git-Url: http://demsky.eecs.uci.edu/git/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Ffeature-removal-schedule.txt;h=4d8111aba0a6bdaa5f7f1671c7394b0082f940f0;hb=33a1943cb49e4049530624399e70ee3be82cb635;hp=bf56b20652b0855e4643eb8c94ea6501c8f51e01;hpb=ff0972c26bbf209da6f6d244cce60e695df863f6;p=firefly-linux-kernel-4.4.55.git diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index bf56b20652b0..4d8111aba0a6 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -46,17 +46,8 @@ Who: Jody McIntyre --------------------------- -What: sbp2: module parameter "force_inquiry_hack" -When: July 2006 -Why: Superceded by parameter "workarounds". Both parameters are meant to be - used ad-hoc and for single devices only, i.e. not in modprobe.conf, - therefore the impact of this feature replacement should be low. -Who: Stefan Richter - ---------------------------- - What: Video4Linux API 1 ioctls and video_decoder.h from Video devices. -When: July 2006 +When: December 2006 Why: V4L1 AP1 was replaced by V4L2 API. during migration from 2.4 to 2.6 series. The old API have lots of drawbacks and don't provide enough means to work with all video and audio standards. The newer API is @@ -70,6 +61,18 @@ Who: Mauro Carvalho Chehab --------------------------- +What: sys_sysctl +When: January 2007 +Why: The same information is available through /proc/sys and that is the + interface user space prefers to use. And there do not appear to be + any existing user in user space of sys_sysctl. The additional + maintenance overhead of keeping a set of binary names gets + in the way of doing a good job of maintaining this interface. + +Who: Eric Biederman + +--------------------------- + What: PCMCIA control ioctl (needed for pcmcia-cs [cardmgr, cardctl]) When: November 2005 Files: drivers/pcmcia/: pcmcia_ioctl.c @@ -119,15 +122,6 @@ Who: Arjan van de Ven --------------------------- -What: START_ARRAY ioctl for md -When: July 2006 -Files: drivers/md/md.c -Why: Not reliable by design - can fail when most needed. - Alternatives exist -Who: NeilBrown - ---------------------------- - What: eepro100 network driver When: January 2007 Why: replaced by the e100 driver @@ -217,24 +211,6 @@ Who: Nick Piggin --------------------------- -What: Support for the Momentum / PMC-Sierra Jaguar ATX evaluation board -When: September 2006 -Why: Does no longer build since quite some time, and was never popular, - due to the platform being replaced by successor models. Apparently - no user base left. It also is one of the last users of - WANT_PAGE_VIRTUAL. -Who: Ralf Baechle - ---------------------------- - -What: Support for the Momentum Ocelot, Ocelot 3, Ocelot C and Ocelot G -When: September 2006 -Why: Some do no longer build and apparently there is no user base left - for these platforms. -Who: Ralf Baechle - ---------------------------- - What: Support for MIPS Technologies' Altas and SEAD evaluation board When: September 2006 Why: Some do no longer build and apparently there is no user base left @@ -313,3 +289,20 @@ Why: The stacking of class devices makes these values misleading and Who: Kay Sievers --------------------------- + +What: i2c-isa +When: December 2006 +Why: i2c-isa is a non-sense and doesn't fit in the device driver + model. Drivers relying on it are better implemented as platform + drivers. +Who: Jean Delvare + +--------------------------- + +What: ftape +When: 2.6.20 +Why: Orphaned for ages. SMP bugs long unfixed. Few users left + in the world. +Who: Jeff Garzik + +---------------------------