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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org> | 2007-04-27 09:26:46 -0700 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org> | 2007-04-27 09:26:46 -0700 |
commit | 15c54033964a943de7b0763efd3bd0ede7326395 (patch) | |
tree | 840b292612d1b5396d5bab5bde537a9013db3ceb /Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | |
parent | ad5da3cf39a5b11a198929be1f2644e17ecd767e (diff) | |
parent | 912a41a4ab935ce8c4308428ec13fc7f8b1f18f4 (diff) |
Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6
* master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6: (448 commits)
[IPV4] nl_fib_lookup: Initialise res.r before fib_res_put(&res)
[IPV6]: Fix thinko in ipv6_rthdr_rcv() changes.
[IPV4]: Add multipath cached to feature-removal-schedule.txt
[WIRELESS] cfg80211: Clarify locking comment.
[WIRELESS] cfg80211: Fix locking in wiphy_new.
[WEXT] net_device: Don't include wext bits if not required.
[WEXT]: Misc code cleanups.
[WEXT]: Reduce inline abuse.
[WEXT]: Move EXPORT_SYMBOL statements where they belong.
[WEXT]: Cleanup early ioctl call path.
[WEXT]: Remove options.
[WEXT]: Remove dead debug code.
[WEXT]: Clean up how wext is called.
[WEXT]: Move to net/wireless
[AFS]: Eliminate cmpxchg() usage in vlocation code.
[RXRPC]: Fix pointers passed to bitops.
[RXRPC]: Remove bogus atomic_* overrides.
[AFS]: Fix u64 printing in debug logging.
[AFS]: Add "directory write" support.
[AFS]: Implement the CB.InitCallBackState3 operation.
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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 40 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 21 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index 19b4c96b2a4..6da663607f7 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -211,15 +211,6 @@ Who: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> --------------------------- -What: IPv4 only connection tracking/NAT/helpers -When: 2.6.22 -Why: The new layer 3 independant connection tracking replaces the old - IPv4 only version. After some stabilization of the new code the - old one will be removed. -Who: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> - ---------------------------- - What: ACPI hooks (X86_SPEEDSTEP_CENTRINO_ACPI) in speedstep-centrino driver When: December 2006 Why: Speedstep-centrino driver with ACPI hooks and acpi-cpufreq driver are @@ -294,18 +285,6 @@ Who: Richard Purdie <rpurdie@rpsys.net> --------------------------- -What: Wireless extensions over netlink (CONFIG_NET_WIRELESS_RTNETLINK) -When: with the merge of wireless-dev, 2.6.22 or later -Why: The option/code is - * not enabled on most kernels - * not required by any userspace tools (except an experimental one, - and even there only for some parts, others use ioctl) - * pointless since wext is no longer evolving and the ioctl - interface needs to be kept -Who: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> - ---------------------------- - What: i8xx_tco watchdog driver When: in 2.6.22 Why: the i8xx_tco watchdog driver has been replaced by the iTCO_wdt @@ -313,3 +292,22 @@ Why: the i8xx_tco watchdog driver has been replaced by the iTCO_wdt Who: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be> --------------------------- + +What: Multipath cached routing support in ipv4 +When: in 2.6.23 +Why: Code was merged, then submitter immediately disappeared leaving + us with no maintainer and lots of bugs. The code should not have + been merged in the first place, and many aspects of it's + implementation are blocking more critical core networking + development. It's marked EXPERIMENTAL and no distribution + enables it because it cause obscure crashes due to unfixable bugs + (interfaces don't return errors so memory allocation can't be + handled, calling contexts of these interfaces make handling + errors impossible too because they get called after we've + totally commited to creating a route object, for example). + This problem has existed for years and no forward progress + has ever been made, and nobody steps up to try and salvage + this code, so we're going to finally just get rid of it. +Who: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> + +--------------------------- |