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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org> | 2006-03-21 09:25:15 -0800 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org> | 2006-03-21 09:25:15 -0800 |
| commit | 08a4ecee986dd98e86090ff5faac4782b6765aed (patch) | |
| tree | 74df5de49f38c432a6a18303b0c6d834fd09028f /Documentation | |
| parent | ba93c6297b9cfad5a70b5e5ed13c9dbead6601d3 (diff) | |
| parent | b3229087c5e08589cea4f5040dab56f7dc11332a (diff) | |
Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-2.6
* master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-2.6: (23 commits)
[PATCH] sysfs: fix a kobject leak in sysfs_add_link on the error path
[PATCH] sysfs: don't export dir symbols
[PATCH] get_cpu_sysdev() signedness fix
[PATCH] kobject_add_dir
[PATCH] debugfs: Add debugfs_create_blob() helper for exporting binary data
[PATCH] sysfs: fix problem with duplicate sysfs directories and files
[PATCH] Kobject: kobject.h: fix a typo
[PATCH] Kobject: provide better warning messages when people do stupid things
[PATCH] Driver core: add macros notice(), dev_notice()
[PATCH] firmware: fix BUG: in fw_realloc_buffer
[PATCH] sysfs: kzalloc conversion
[PATCH] fix module sysfs files reference counting
[PATCH] add EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL_FUTURE() to USB subsystem
[PATCH] add EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL_FUTURE() to RCU subsystem
[PATCH] add EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL_FUTURE()
[PATCH] Clean up module.c symbol searching logic
[PATCH] kobj_map semaphore to mutex conversion
[PATCH] kref: avoid an atomic operation in kref_put()
[PATCH] handle errors returned by platform_get_irq*()
[PATCH] driver core: platform_get_irq*(): return -ENXIO on error
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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 18 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index 28a31c5e228..afeaf6218ea 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -196,3 +196,21 @@ Why: Board specific code doesn't build anymore since ~2.6.0 and no users have complained indicating there is no more need for these boards. This should really be considered a last call. Who: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> + +--------------------------- + +What: USB driver API moves to EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL +When: Febuary 2008 +Files: include/linux/usb.h, drivers/usb/core/driver.c +Why: The USB subsystem has changed a lot over time, and it has been + possible to create userspace USB drivers using usbfs/libusb/gadgetfs + that operate as fast as the USB bus allows. Because of this, the USB + subsystem will not be allowing closed source kernel drivers to + register with it, after this grace period is over. If anyone needs + any help in converting their closed source drivers over to use the + userspace filesystems, please contact the + linux-usb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net mailing list, and the developers + there will be glad to help you out. +Who: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> + +--------------------------- |