X-Git-Url: https://git.openpandora.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Ffeature-removal-schedule.txt;h=2f93ac06c4144eda56c323965691be720e29687f;hb=0a02604628c49037e1de2091d75462fd856b26ed;hp=2a4d77946c7dc075df1a6678a54204ea8e618502;hpb=7f9d3577e2603ca279c3176b696eba392f21cbe2;p=pandora-kernel.git diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index 2a4d77946c7d..2f93ac06c414 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -88,27 +88,6 @@ Who: Luis R. Rodriguez --------------------------- -What: CONFIG_WIRELESS_OLD_REGULATORY - old static regulatory information -When: March 2010 / desktop catchup - -Why: The old regulatory infrastructure has been replaced with a new one - which does not require statically defined regulatory domains. We do - not want to keep static regulatory domains in the kernel due to the - the dynamic nature of regulatory law and localization. We kept around - the old static definitions for the regulatory domains of: - - * US - * JP - * EU - - and used by default the US when CONFIG_WIRELESS_OLD_REGULATORY was - set. We will remove this option once the standard Linux desktop catches - up with the new userspace APIs we have implemented. - -Who: Luis R. Rodriguez - ---------------------------- - What: dev->power.power_state When: July 2007 Why: Broken design for runtime control over driver power states, confusing @@ -291,22 +270,6 @@ Who: Michael Buesch --------------------------- -What: usedac i386 kernel parameter -When: 2.6.27 -Why: replaced by allowdac and no dac combination -Who: Glauber Costa - ---------------------------- - -What: print_fn_descriptor_symbol() -When: October 2009 -Why: The %pF vsprintf format provides the same functionality in a - simpler way. print_fn_descriptor_symbol() is deprecated but - still present to give out-of-tree modules time to change. -Who: Bjorn Helgaas - ---------------------------- - What: /sys/o2cb symlink When: January 2010 Why: /sys/fs/o2cb is the proper location for this information - /sys/o2cb @@ -490,3 +453,71 @@ Why: Obsoleted by the adt7475 driver. Who: Jean Delvare --------------------------- +What: Support for lcd_switch and display_get in asus-laptop driver +When: March 2010 +Why: These two features use non-standard interfaces. There are the + only features that really need multiple path to guess what's + the right method name on a specific laptop. + + Removing them will allow to remove a lot of code an significantly + clean the drivers. + + This will affect the backlight code which won't be able to know + if the backlight is on or off. The platform display file will also be + write only (like the one in eeepc-laptop). + + This should'nt affect a lot of user because they usually know + when their display is on or off. + +Who: Corentin Chary + +---------------------------- + +What: usbvideo quickcam_messenger driver +When: 2.6.35 +Files: drivers/media/video/usbvideo/quickcam_messenger.[ch] +Why: obsolete v4l1 driver replaced by gspca_stv06xx +Who: Hans de Goede + +---------------------------- + +What: ov511 v4l1 driver +When: 2.6.35 +Files: drivers/media/video/ov511.[ch] +Why: obsolete v4l1 driver replaced by gspca_ov519 +Who: Hans de Goede + +---------------------------- + +What: w9968cf v4l1 driver +When: 2.6.35 +Files: drivers/media/video/w9968cf*.[ch] +Why: obsolete v4l1 driver replaced by gspca_ov519 +Who: Hans de Goede + +---------------------------- + +What: ovcamchip sensor framework +When: 2.6.35 +Files: drivers/media/video/ovcamchip/* +Why: Only used by obsoleted v4l1 drivers +Who: Hans de Goede + +---------------------------- + +What: stv680 v4l1 driver +When: 2.6.35 +Files: drivers/media/video/stv680.[ch] +Why: obsolete v4l1 driver replaced by gspca_stv0680 +Who: Hans de Goede + +---------------------------- + +What: zc0301 v4l driver +When: 2.6.35 +Files: drivers/media/video/zc0301/* +Why: Duplicate functionality with the gspca_zc3xx driver, zc0301 only + supports 2 USB-ID's (because it only supports a limited set of + sensors) wich are also supported by the gspca_zc3xx driver + (which supports 53 USB-ID's in total) +Who: Hans de Goede