---------------------------
-What: drivers that were depending on OBSOLETE_OSS_DRIVER
- (config options already removed)
-When: before 2.6.19
-Why: OSS drivers with ALSA replacements
-Who: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
-
----------------------------
-
What: raw1394: requests of type RAW1394_REQ_ISO_SEND, RAW1394_REQ_ISO_LISTEN
When: November 2006
Why: Deprecated in favour of the new ioctl-based rawiso interface, which is
---------------------------
-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: eepro100 network driver
When: January 2007
Why: replaced by the e100 driver
---------------------------
What: USB driver API moves to EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL
-When: Febuary 2008
+When: February 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
---------------------------
-What: Support for the Momentum / PMC-Sierra Jaguar ATX evaluation board
-When: September 2006
-Why: Does no longer build since quite some time, and was never popular,
- due to the platform being replaced by successor models. Apparently
- no user base left. It also is one of the last users of
- WANT_PAGE_VIRTUAL.
-Who: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
-
----------------------------
-
-What: Support for the Momentum Ocelot, Ocelot 3, Ocelot C and Ocelot G
-When: September 2006
-Why: Some do no longer build and apparently there is no user base left
- for these platforms.
-Who: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
-
----------------------------
-
-What: Support for MIPS Technologies' Altas and SEAD evaluation board
-When: September 2006
-Why: Some do no longer build and apparently there is no user base left
- for these platforms. Hardware out of production since several years.
-Who: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
-
----------------------------
-
-What: Support for the IT8172-based platforms, ITE 8172G and Globespan IVR
-When: September 2006
-Why: Code does no longer build since at least 2.6.0, apparently there is
- no user base left for these platforms. Hardware out of production
- since several years and hardly a trace of the manufacturer left on
- the net.
-Who: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
-
----------------------------
-
What: Interrupt only SA_* flags
When: Januar 2007
Why: The interrupt related SA_* flags are replaced by IRQF_* to move them
Who: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
---------------------------
+
+What: ftape
+When: 2.6.20
+Why: Orphaned for ages. SMP bugs long unfixed. Few users left
+ in the world.
+Who: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
+
+---------------------------