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diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index 5ddbe350487..e47c0ff8ba7 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -229,7 +229,9 @@ Who: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@computergmbh.de> --------------------------- What: b43 support for firmware revision < 410 -When: July 2008 +When: The schedule was July 2008, but it was decided that we are going to keep the + code as long as there are no major maintanance headaches. + So it _could_ be removed _any_ time now, if it conflicts with something new. Why: The support code for the old firmware hurts code readability/maintainability and slightly hurts runtime performance. Bugfixes for the old firmware are not provided by Broadcom anymore. @@ -335,3 +337,29 @@ Why: In 2.6.18 the Secmark concept was introduced to replace the "compat_net" Secmark, it is time to deprecate the older mechanism and start the process of removing the old code. Who: Paul Moore <paul.moore@hp.com> +--------------------------- + +What: sysfs ui for changing p4-clockmod parameters +When: September 2009 +Why: See commits 129f8ae9b1b5be94517da76009ea956e89104ce8 and + e088e4c9cdb618675874becb91b2fd581ee707e6. + Removal is subject to fixing any remaining bugs in ACPI which may + cause the thermal throttling not to happen at the right time. +Who: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>, Matthew Garrett <mjg@redhat.com> + +----------------------------- + +What: __do_IRQ all in one fits nothing interrupt handler +When: 2.6.32 +Why: __do_IRQ was kept for easy migration to the type flow handlers. + More than two years of migration time is enough. +Who: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> + +----------------------------- + +What: obsolete generic irq defines and typedefs +When: 2.6.30 +Why: The defines and typedefs (hw_interrupt_type, no_irq_type, irq_desc_t) + have been kept around for migration reasons. After more than two years + it's time to remove them finally +Who: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> |