---------------------------
-What: Video4Linux obsolete drivers using V4L1 API
-When: kernel 2.6.39
-Files: drivers/staging/se401/* drivers/staging/usbvideo/*
-Check: drivers/staging/se401/se401.c drivers/staging/usbvideo/usbvideo.c
-Why: There are some drivers still using V4L1 API, despite all efforts we've done
- to migrate. Those drivers are for obsolete hardware that the old maintainer
- didn't care (or not have the hardware anymore), and that no other developer
- could find any hardware to buy. They probably have no practical usage today,
- and people with such old hardware could probably keep using an older version
- of the kernel. Those drivers will be moved to staging on 2.6.38 and, if nobody
- cares enough to port and test them with V4L2 API, they'll be removed on 2.6.39.
-Who: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
-
----------------------------
-
-What: Video4Linux: Remove obsolete ioctl's
-When: kernel 2.6.39
-Files: include/media/videodev2.h
-Why: Some ioctl's were defined wrong on 2.6.2 and 2.6.6, using the wrong
- type of R/W arguments. They were fixed, but the old ioctl names are
- still there, maintained to avoid breaking binary compatibility:
- #define VIDIOC_OVERLAY_OLD _IOWR('V', 14, int)
- #define VIDIOC_S_PARM_OLD _IOW('V', 22, struct v4l2_streamparm)
- #define VIDIOC_S_CTRL_OLD _IOW('V', 28, struct v4l2_control)
- #define VIDIOC_G_AUDIO_OLD _IOWR('V', 33, struct v4l2_audio)
- #define VIDIOC_G_AUDOUT_OLD _IOWR('V', 49, struct v4l2_audioout)
- #define VIDIOC_CROPCAP_OLD _IOR('V', 58, struct v4l2_cropcap)
- There's no sense on preserving those forever, as it is very doubtful
- that someone would try to use a such old binary with a modern kernel.
- Removing them will allow us to remove some magic done at the V4L ioctl
- handler.
-
-Who: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
-
----------------------------
-
What: sys_sysctl
When: September 2010
Option: CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL
What: CONFIG_ACPI_PROCFS_POWER
When: 2.6.39
Why: sysfs I/F for ACPI power devices, including AC and Battery,
- has been working in upstream kenrel since 2.6.24, Sep 2007.
+ has been working in upstream kernel since 2.6.24, Sep 2007.
In 2.6.37, we make the sysfs I/F always built in and this option
disabled by default.
Remove this option and the ACPI power procfs interface in 2.6.39.
---------------------------
-What: /proc/acpi/button
-When: August 2007
-Why: /proc/acpi/button has been replaced by events to the input layer
- since 2.6.20.
-Who: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
-
----------------------------
-
What: /proc/acpi/event
When: February 2008
Why: /proc/acpi/event has been replaced by events via the input layer
---------------------------
-What: /sys/o2cb symlink
-When: January 2010
-Why: /sys/fs/o2cb is the proper location for this information - /sys/o2cb
- exists as a symlink for backwards compatibility for old versions of
- ocfs2-tools. 2 years should be sufficient time to phase in new versions
- which know to look in /sys/fs/o2cb.
-Who: ocfs2-devel@oss.oracle.com
-
----------------------------
-
What: Ability for non root users to shm_get hugetlb pages based on mlock
resource limits
When: 2.6.31
----------------------------
-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 <corentin.chary@gmail.com>
-
-----------------------------
-
What: sysfs-class-rfkill state file
When: Feb 2014
Files: net/rfkill/core.c
----------------------------
-What: capifs
-When: February 2011
-Files: drivers/isdn/capi/capifs.*
-Why: udev fully replaces this special file system that only contains CAPI
- NCCI TTY device nodes. User space (pppdcapiplugin) works without
- noticing the difference.
-Who: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@web.de>
-
-----------------------------
-
What: KVM paravirt mmu host support
When: January 2011
Why: The paravirt mmu host support is slower than non-paravirt mmu, both
----------------------------
-What: The acpi_sleep=s4_nonvs command line option
-When: 2.6.37
-Files: arch/x86/kernel/acpi/sleep.c
-Why: superseded by acpi_sleep=nonvs
-Who: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>
-
-----------------------------
-
What: PCI DMA unmap state API
When: August 2012
Why: PCI DMA unmap state API (include/linux/pci-dma.h) was replaced
----------------------------
-What: i2c_adapter.id
-When: June 2011
-Why: This field is deprecated. I2C device drivers shouldn't change their
- behavior based on the underlying I2C adapter. Instead, the I2C
- adapter driver should instantiate the I2C devices and provide the
- needed platform-specific information.
-Who: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
-
-----------------------------
-
What: cancel_rearming_delayed_work[queue]()
When: 2.6.39
----------------------------
+What: xt_connlimit rev 0
+When: 2012
+Who: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@medozas.de>
+Files: net/netfilter/xt_connlimit.c
+
+----------------------------
+
What: noswapaccount kernel command line parameter
When: 2.6.40
Why: The original implementation of memsw feature enabled by
Who: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.cz>
----------------------------
+
+What: ipt_addrtype match include file
+When: 2012
+Why: superseded by xt_addrtype
+Who: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
+Files: include/linux/netfilter_ipv4/ipt_addrtype.h
+
+----------------------------
+
+What: i2c_driver.attach_adapter
+ i2c_driver.detach_adapter
+When: September 2011
+Why: These legacy callbacks should no longer be used as i2c-core offers
+ a variety of preferable alternative ways to instantiate I2C devices.
+Who: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
+
+----------------------------
+
+What: Support for UVCIOC_CTRL_ADD in the uvcvideo driver
+When: 2.6.42
+Why: The information passed to the driver by this ioctl is now queried
+ dynamically from the device.
+Who: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>
+
+----------------------------
+
+What: Support for UVCIOC_CTRL_MAP_OLD in the uvcvideo driver
+When: 2.6.42
+Why: Used only by applications compiled against older driver versions.
+ Superseded by UVCIOC_CTRL_MAP which supports V4L2 menu controls.
+Who: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>
+
+----------------------------
+
+What: Support for UVCIOC_CTRL_GET and UVCIOC_CTRL_SET in the uvcvideo driver
+When: 2.6.42
+Why: Superseded by the UVCIOC_CTRL_QUERY ioctl.
+Who: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>
+
+----------------------------
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