---------------------------
-What: i2c_adapter.list
-When: July 2007
-Why: Superfluous, this list duplicates the one maintained by the driver
- core.
-Who: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>,
- David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>
-
----------------------------
-
What: ACPI procfs interface
When: July 2008
Why: ACPI sysfs conversion should be finished by January 2008.
---------------------------
-What: i2c-ixp2000, i2c-ixp4xx and scx200_i2c drivers
-When: September 2007
-Why: Obsolete. The new i2c-gpio driver replaces all hardware-specific
- I2C-over-GPIO drivers.
-Who: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
-
----------------------------
-
What: 'time' kernel boot parameter
When: January 2008
Why: replaced by 'printk.time=<value>' so that printk timestamps can be
---------------------------
-What: Legacy RTC drivers (under drivers/i2c/chips)
-When: November 2007
-Why: Obsolete. We have a RTC subsystem with better drivers.
-Who: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
-
----------------------------
-
-What: iptables SAME target
-When: 1.1. 2008
-Files: net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_SAME.c, include/linux/netfilter_ipv4/ipt_SAME.h
-Why: Obsolete for multiple years now, NAT core provides the same behaviour.
- Unfixable broken wrt. 32/64 bit cleanness.
-Who: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
-
----------------------------
-
What: The arch/ppc and include/asm-ppc directories
When: Jun 2008
Why: The arch/powerpc tree is the merged architecture for ppc32 and ppc64
---------------------------
-What: mthca driver's MSI support
-When: January 2008
-Files: drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/*.[ch]
-Why: All mthca hardware also supports MSI-X, which provides
- strictly more functionality than MSI. So there is no point in
- having both MSI-X and MSI support in the driver.
-Who: Roland Dreier <rolandd@cisco.com>
-
----------------------------
-
What: sk98lin network driver
When: Feburary 2008
Why: In kernel tree version of driver is unmaintained. Sk98lin driver
---------------------------
-What: shaper network driver
-When: January 2008
-Files: drivers/net/shaper.c, include/linux/if_shaper.h
-Why: This driver has been marked obsolete for many years.
- It was only designed to work on lower speed links and has design
- flaws that lead to machine crashes. The qdisc infrastructure in
- 2.4 or later kernels, provides richer features and is more robust.
-Who: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org>
+---------------------------
+
+What: i2c-i810, i2c-prosavage and i2c-savage4
+When: May 2008
+Why: These drivers are superseded by i810fb, intelfb and savagefb.
+Who: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
---------------------------
+
+What: bcm43xx wireless network driver
+When: 2.6.26
+Files: drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx
+Why: This driver's functionality has been replaced by the
+ mac80211-based b43 and b43legacy drivers.
+Who: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
+
+---------------------------
+
+What: ieee80211 softmac wireless networking component
+When: 2.6.26 (or after removal of bcm43xx and port of zd1211rw to mac80211)
+Files: net/ieee80211/softmac
+Why: No in-kernel drivers will depend on it any longer.
+Who: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
+
+---------------------------
+
+What: rc80211-simple rate control algorithm for mac80211
+When: 2.6.26
+Files: net/mac80211/rc80211-simple.c
+Why: This algorithm was provided for reference but always exhibited bad
+ responsiveness and performance and has some serious flaws. It has been
+ replaced by rc80211-pid.
+Who: Stefano Brivio <stefano.brivio@polimi.it>
+
+---------------------------
+
+What (Why):
+ - include/linux/netfilter_ipv4/ipt_TOS.h ipt_tos.h header files
+ (superseded by xt_TOS/xt_tos target & match)
+
+ - "forwarding" header files like ipt_mac.h in
+ include/linux/netfilter_ipv4/ and include/linux/netfilter_ipv6/
+
+ - xt_CONNMARK match revision 0
+ (superseded by xt_CONNMARK match revision 1)
+
+ - xt_MARK target revisions 0 and 1
+ (superseded by xt_MARK match revision 2)
+
+ - xt_connmark match revision 0
+ (superseded by xt_connmark match revision 1)
+
+ - xt_conntrack match revision 0
+ (superseded by xt_conntrack match revision 1)
+
+ - xt_iprange match revision 0,
+ include/linux/netfilter_ipv4/ipt_iprange.h
+ (superseded by xt_iprange match revision 1)
+
+ - xt_mark match revision 0
+ (superseded by xt_mark match revision 1)
+
+When: January 2009 or Linux 2.7.0, whichever comes first
+Why: Superseded by newer revisions or modules
+Who: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@computergmbh.de>
+
+---------------------------
+
+What: b43 support for firmware revision < 410
+When: July 2008
+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.
+Who: Michael Buesch <mb@bu3sch.de>
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