X-Git-Url: https://git.openpandora.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Ffeature-removal-schedule.txt;h=4ab4c425b856058d88b46bbe1070125e2c2bf3bb;hb=0cd43f83d381c4246a08cd775834833d6fd64805;hp=99f219a01e0e1f179021d370039ed46d1ba9404c;hpb=b4b9034132c7e1e4474999e688dd7d03b7d97a99;p=pandora-kernel.git diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index 99f219a01e0e..4ab4c425b856 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -6,6 +6,21 @@ be removed from this file. --------------------------- +What: /sys/devices/.../power/state + dev->power.power_state + dpm_runtime_{suspend,resume)() +When: July 2007 +Why: Broken design for runtime control over driver power states, confusing + driver-internal runtime power management with: mechanisms to support + system-wide sleep state transitions; event codes that distinguish + different phases of swsusp "sleep" transitions; and userspace policy + inputs. This framework was never widely used, and most attempts to + use it were broken. Drivers should instead be exposing domain-specific + interfaces either to kernel or to userspace. +Who: Pavel Machek + +--------------------------- + What: RAW driver (CONFIG_RAW_DRIVER) When: December 2005 Why: declared obsolete since kernel 2.6.3 @@ -31,15 +46,6 @@ Who: Jody McIntyre --------------------------- -What: sbp2: module parameter "force_inquiry_hack" -When: July 2006 -Why: Superceded by parameter "workarounds". Both parameters are meant to be - used ad-hoc and for single devices only, i.e. not in modprobe.conf, - therefore the impact of this feature replacement should be low. -Who: Stefan Richter - ---------------------------- - What: Video4Linux API 1 ioctls and video_decoder.h from Video devices. When: July 2006 Why: V4L1 AP1 was replaced by V4L2 API. during migration from 2.4 to 2.6 @@ -55,11 +61,15 @@ Who: Mauro Carvalho Chehab --------------------------- -What: remove EXPORT_SYMBOL(insert_resource) -When: April 2006 -Files: kernel/resource.c -Why: No modular usage in the kernel. -Who: Adrian Bunk +What: sys_sysctl +When: January 2007 +Why: The same information is available through /proc/sys and that is the + interface user space prefers to use. And there do not appear to be + any existing user in user space of sys_sysctl. The additional + maintenance overhead of keeping a set of binary names gets + in the way of doing a good job of maintaining this interface. + +Who: Eric Biederman --------------------------- @@ -128,6 +138,13 @@ Who: Adrian Bunk --------------------------- +What: drivers depending on OSS_OBSOLETE_DRIVER +When: options in 2.6.20, code in 2.6.22 +Why: OSS drivers with ALSA replacements +Who: Adrian Bunk + +--------------------------- + What: pci_module_init(driver) When: January 2007 Why: Is replaced by pci_register_driver(pci_driver). @@ -166,17 +183,6 @@ Who: Arjan van de Ven --------------------------- -What: remove EXPORT_SYMBOL(tasklist_lock) -When: August 2006 -Files: kernel/fork.c -Why: tasklist_lock protects the kernel internal task list. Modules have - no business looking at it, and all instances in drivers have been due - to use of too-lowlevel APIs. Having this symbol exported prevents - moving to more scalable locking schemes for the task list. -Who: Christoph Hellwig - ---------------------------- - What: mount/umount uevents When: February 2007 Why: These events are not correct, and do not properly let userspace know @@ -214,14 +220,6 @@ Who: Nick Piggin --------------------------- -What: Support for the MIPS EV96100 evaluation board -When: September 2006 -Why: Does no longer build since at least November 15, 2003, apparently - no userbase left. -Who: Ralf Baechle - ---------------------------- - 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, @@ -266,3 +264,64 @@ Why: The interrupt related SA_* flags are replaced by IRQF_* to move them Who: Thomas Gleixner --------------------------- + +What: i2c-ite and i2c-algo-ite drivers +When: September 2006 +Why: These drivers never compiled since they were added to the kernel + tree 5 years ago. This feature removal can be reevaluated if + someone shows interest in the drivers, fixes them and takes over + maintenance. + http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-mips&m=115040510817448 +Who: Jean Delvare + +--------------------------- + +What: Bridge netfilter deferred IPv4/IPv6 output hook calling +When: January 2007 +Why: The deferred output hooks are a layering violation causing unusual + and broken behaviour on bridge devices. Examples of things they + break include QoS classifation using the MARK or CLASSIFY targets, + the IPsec policy match and connection tracking with VLANs on a + bridge. Their only use is to enable bridge output port filtering + within iptables with the physdev match, which can also be done by + combining iptables and ebtables using netfilter marks. Until it + will get removed the hook deferral is disabled by default and is + only enabled when needed. + +Who: Patrick McHardy + +--------------------------- + +What: frame diverter +When: November 2006 +Why: The frame diverter is included in most distribution kernels, but is + broken. It does not correctly handle many things: + - IPV6 + - non-linear skb's + - network device RCU on removal + - input frames not correctly checked for protocol errors + It also adds allocation overhead even if not enabled. + It is not clear if anyone is still using it. +Who: Stephen Hemminger + +--------------------------- + + +What: PHYSDEVPATH, PHYSDEVBUS, PHYSDEVDRIVER in the uevent environment +When: Oktober 2008 +Why: The stacking of class devices makes these values misleading and + inconsistent. + Class devices should not carry any of these properties, and bus + devices have SUBSYTEM and DRIVER as a replacement. +Who: Kay Sievers + +--------------------------- + +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 + +---------------------------