What: Video4Linux API 1 ioctls and video_decoder.h from Video devices.
When: December 2006
Files: include/linux/video_decoder.h
+Check: include/linux/video_decoder.h
Why: V4L1 AP1 was replaced by V4L2 API. during migration from 2.4 to 2.6
series. The old API have lots of drawbacks and don't provide enough
means to work with all video and audio standards. The newer API is
What: remove EXPORT_SYMBOL(kernel_thread)
When: August 2006
Files: arch/*/kernel/*_ksyms.c
-Funcs: kernel_thread
+Check: kernel_thread
Why: kernel_thread is a low-level implementation detail. Drivers should
use the <linux/kthread.h> API instead which shields them from
implementation details and provides a higherlevel interface that
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-What: filemap_nopage, filemap_populate
-When: April 2007
-Why: These legacy interfaces no longer have any callers in the kernel and
- any functionality provided can be provided with filemap_fault. The
- removal schedule is short because they are a big maintainence burden
- and have some bugs.
-Who: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de>
-
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-
-What: vm_ops.populate, install_page
-When: April 2007
-Why: These legacy interfaces no longer have any callers in the kernel and
- any functionality provided can be provided with vm_ops.fault.
-Who: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de>
-
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-
What: vm_ops.nopage
-When: February 2008, provided in-kernel callers have been converted
+When: Soon, provided in-kernel callers have been converted
Why: This interface is replaced by vm_ops.fault, but it has been around
forever, is used by a lot of drivers, and doesn't cost much to
maintain.
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-What: i2c-isa
-When: December 2006
-Why: i2c-isa is a non-sense and doesn't fit in the device driver
- model. Drivers relying on it are better implemented as platform
- drivers.
-Who: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
-
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-
What: i2c_adapter.list
When: July 2007
Why: Superfluous, this list duplicates the one maintained by the driver