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diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index 9364f47c71169..24f3c63b30171 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -29,14 +29,6 @@ Who: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> --------------------------- -What: drivers that were depending on OBSOLETE_OSS_DRIVER - (config options already removed) -When: before 2.6.19 -Why: OSS drivers with ALSA replacements -Who: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> - ---------------------------- - What: raw1394: requests of type RAW1394_REQ_ISO_SEND, RAW1394_REQ_ISO_LISTEN When: November 2006 Why: Deprecated in favour of the new ioctl-based rawiso interface, which is @@ -122,15 +114,6 @@ 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 @@ -193,7 +176,7 @@ Who: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> --------------------------- What: USB driver API moves to EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL -When: Febuary 2008 +When: February 2008 Files: include/linux/usb.h, drivers/usb/core/driver.c Why: The USB subsystem has changed a lot over time, and it has been possible to create userspace USB drivers using usbfs/libusb/gadgetfs @@ -220,42 +203,6 @@ Who: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de> --------------------------- -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, - due to the platform being replaced by successor models. Apparently - no user base left. It also is one of the last users of - WANT_PAGE_VIRTUAL. -Who: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> - ---------------------------- - -What: Support for the Momentum Ocelot, Ocelot 3, Ocelot C and Ocelot G -When: September 2006 -Why: Some do no longer build and apparently there is no user base left - for these platforms. -Who: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> - ---------------------------- - -What: Support for MIPS Technologies' Altas and SEAD evaluation board -When: September 2006 -Why: Some do no longer build and apparently there is no user base left - for these platforms. Hardware out of production since several years. -Who: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> - ---------------------------- - -What: Support for the IT8172-based platforms, ITE 8172G and Globespan IVR -When: September 2006 -Why: Code does no longer build since at least 2.6.0, apparently there is - no user base left for these platforms. Hardware out of production - since several years and hardly a trace of the manufacturer left on - the net. -Who: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> - ---------------------------- - What: Interrupt only SA_* flags When: Januar 2007 Why: The interrupt related SA_* flags are replaced by IRQF_* to move them @@ -325,3 +272,11 @@ Why: i2c-isa is a non-sense and doesn't fit in the device driver 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> + +--------------------------- |