X-Git-Url: https://git.openpandora.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Ffeature-removal-schedule.txt;h=9b743198f77a1c54283c2842f83015d03a88680b;hb=3d5271f9883cba7b54762bc4fe027d4172f06db7;hp=b67189a8d8d471789629ae23e4c1b6e9e2b713da;hpb=38a9a621aba953ddb8051547e98c10ec3c741312;p=pandora-kernel.git diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index b67189a8d8d4..9b743198f77a 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -25,6 +25,13 @@ Who: Adrian Bunk --------------------------- +What: drivers depending on OBSOLETE_OSS_DRIVER +When: January 2006 +Why: OSS drivers with ALSA replacements +Who: Adrian Bunk + +--------------------------- + What: RCU API moves to EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL When: April 2006 Files: include/linux/rcupdate.h, kernel/rcupdate.c @@ -60,6 +67,21 @@ Who: Jody McIntyre --------------------------- +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 + 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 + already available on the main drivers and should be used instead. + Newer drivers should use v4l_compat_translate_ioctl function to handle + old calls, replacing to newer ones. + Decoder iocts are using internally to allow video drivers to + communicate with video decoders. This should also be improved to allow + V4L2 calls being translated into compatible internal ioctls. +Who: Mauro Carvalho Chehab + +--------------------------- + What: i2c sysfs name change: in1_ref, vid deprecated in favour of cpu0_vid When: November 2005 Files: drivers/i2c/chips/adm1025.c, drivers/i2c/chips/adm1026.c @@ -69,6 +91,22 @@ Who: Grant Coady --------------------------- +What: remove EXPORT_SYMBOL(panic_timeout) +When: April 2006 +Files: kernel/panic.c +Why: No modular usage in the kernel. +Who: Adrian Bunk + +--------------------------- + +What: remove EXPORT_SYMBOL(insert_resource) +When: April 2006 +Files: kernel/resource.c +Why: No modular usage in the kernel. +Who: Adrian Bunk + +--------------------------- + What: PCMCIA control ioctl (needed for pcmcia-cs [cardmgr, cardctl]) When: November 2005 Files: drivers/pcmcia/: pcmcia_ioctl.c @@ -95,3 +133,29 @@ Why: This interface has been obsoleted by the new layer3-independent to link against API-compatible library on top of libnfnetlink_queue instead of the current 'libipq'. Who: Harald Welte + +--------------------------- + +What: EXPORT_SYMBOL(lookup_hash) +When: January 2006 +Why: Too low-level interface. Use lookup_one_len or lookup_create instead. +Who: Christoph Hellwig + +--------------------------- + +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 + +--------------------------- + +What: au1x00_uart driver +When: January 2006 +Why: The 8250 serial driver now has the ability to deal with the differences + between the standard 8250 family of UARTs and their slightly strange + brother on Alchemy SOCs. The loss of features is not considered an + issue. +Who: Ralf Baechle