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diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index 429db4bf98e..b4a1ea76269 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -47,17 +47,6 @@ Who: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@us.ibm.com> --------------------------- -What: IEEE1394 Audio and Music Data Transmission Protocol driver, - Connection Management Procedures driver -When: November 2005 -Files: drivers/ieee1394/{amdtp,cmp}* -Why: These are incomplete, have never worked, and are better implemented - in userland via raw1394 (see http://freebob.sourceforge.net/ for - example.) -Who: Jody McIntyre <scjody@steamballoon.com> - ---------------------------- - What: raw1394: requests of type RAW1394_REQ_ISO_SEND, RAW1394_REQ_ISO_LISTEN When: November 2005 Why: Deprecated in favour of the new ioctl-based rawiso interface, which is @@ -82,15 +71,6 @@ Who: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@brturbo.com.br> --------------------------- -What: i2c sysfs name change: in1_ref, vid deprecated in favour of cpu0_vid -When: November 2005 -Files: drivers/i2c/chips/adm1025.c, drivers/i2c/chips/adm1026.c -Why: Match the other drivers' name for the same function, duplicate names - will be available until removal of old names. -Who: Grant Coady <gcoady@gmail.com> - ---------------------------- - What: remove EXPORT_SYMBOL(panic_timeout) When: April 2006 Files: kernel/panic.c @@ -140,3 +120,31 @@ What: EXPORT_SYMBOL(lookup_hash) When: January 2006 Why: Too low-level interface. Use lookup_one_len or lookup_create instead. Who: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> + +--------------------------- + +What: CONFIG_FORCED_INLINING +When: June 2006 +Why: Config option is there to see if gcc is good enough. (in january + 2006). If it is, the behavior should just be the default. If it's not, + the option should just go away entirely. +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 <neilb@suse.de> + +--------------------------- + +What: au1x00_uart driver +When: January 2006 +Why: The 8250 serial driver now has the ability to deal with the differences + between the standard 8250 family of UARTs and their slightly strange + brother on Alchemy SOCs. The loss of features is not considered an + issue. +Who: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> |