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diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index ed511af0f79..a5e381185de 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -520,29 +520,6 @@ Who: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com> ---------------------------- -What: corgikbd, spitzkbd, tosakbd driver -When: 2.6.35 -Files: drivers/input/keyboard/{corgi,spitz,tosa}kbd.c -Why: We now have a generic GPIO based matrix keyboard driver that - are fully capable of handling all the keys on these devices. - The original drivers manipulate the GPIO registers directly - and so are difficult to maintain. -Who: Eric Miao <eric.y.miao@gmail.com> - ----------------------------- - -What: corgi_ssp and corgi_ts driver -When: 2.6.35 -Files: arch/arm/mach-pxa/corgi_ssp.c, drivers/input/touchscreen/corgi_ts.c -Why: The corgi touchscreen is now deprecated in favour of the generic - ads7846.c driver. The noise reduction technique used in corgi_ts.c, - that's to wait till vsync before ADC sampling, is also integrated into - ads7846 driver now. Provided that the original driver is not generic - and is difficult to maintain, it will be removed later. -Who: Eric Miao <eric.y.miao@gmail.com> - ----------------------------- - What: capifs When: February 2011 Files: drivers/isdn/capi/capifs.* @@ -589,3 +566,26 @@ Why: Useful in 2003, implementation is a hack. Generally invoked by accident today. Seen as doing more harm than good. Who: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com> + +---------------------------- + +What: video4linux /dev/vtx teletext API support +When: 2.6.35 +Files: drivers/media/video/saa5246a.c drivers/media/video/saa5249.c + include/linux/videotext.h +Why: The vtx device nodes have been superseded by vbi device nodes + for many years. No applications exist that use the vtx support. + Of the two i2c drivers that actually support this API the saa5249 + has been impossible to use for a year now and no known hardware + that supports this device exists. The saa5246a is theoretically + supported by the old mxb boards, but it never actually worked. + + In summary: there is no hardware that can use this API and there + are no applications actually implementing this API. + + The vtx support still reserves minors 192-223 and we would really + like to reuse those for upcoming new functionality. In the unlikely + event that new hardware appears that wants to use the functionality + provided by the vtx API, then that functionality should be build + around the sliced VBI API instead. +Who: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl> |