Merge branch 'devel' of master.kernel.org:/home/rmk/linux-2.6-serial

[pandora-kernel.git] / Documentation / feature-removal-schedule.txt

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@@ -46,17 +46,8 @@ Who: Jody McIntyre <scjody@modernduck.com>
 
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-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-Why:   Superceded by parameter "workarounds".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 <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
-
----------------------------
-
 What:  Video4Linux API 1 ioctls and video_decoder.h from Video devices.
-When:  July 2006
+When:  December 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
@@ -70,6 +61,18 @@ Who: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@brturbo.com.br>
 
 ---------------------------
 
+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 <ebiederm@xmission.com>
+
+---------------------------
+
 What:  PCMCIA control ioctl (needed for pcmcia-cs [cardmgr, cardctl])
 When:  November 2005
 Files: drivers/pcmcia/: pcmcia_ioctl.c
@@ -119,15 +122,6 @@ Who:    Arjan van de Ven
 
 ---------------------------
 
-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 <neilb@suse.de>
-
----------------------------
-
 What:   eepro100 network driver
 When:   January 2007
 Why:    replaced by the e100 driver
@@ -313,3 +307,20 @@ Why:       The stacking of class devices makes these values misleading and
 Who:   Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@suse.de>
 
 ---------------------------
+
+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>
+
+---------------------------
+
+What:  ftape
+When:  2.6.20
+Why:   Orphaned for ages.  SMP bugs long unfixed.  Few users left
+       in the world.
+Who:   Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
+
+---------------------------