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diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
index afeaf6218e..421bcfff6a 100644
--- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -25,8 +25,9 @@ Who:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
 
 ---------------------------
 
-What:	drivers depending on OBSOLETE_OSS_DRIVER
-When:	January 2006
+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>
 
@@ -71,14 +72,6 @@ Who:	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@brturbo.com.br>
 
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-What:	remove EXPORT_SYMBOL(panic_timeout)
-When:	April 2006
-Files:	kernel/panic.c
-Why:	No modular usage in the kernel.
-Who:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
-
----------------------------
-
 What:	remove EXPORT_SYMBOL(insert_resource)
 When:	April 2006
 Files:	kernel/resource.c
@@ -116,9 +109,13 @@ Who:	Harald Welte <laforge@netfilter.org>
 
 ---------------------------
 
-What:	EXPORT_SYMBOL(lookup_hash)
-When:	January 2006
-Why:	Too low-level interface.  Use lookup_one_len or lookup_create instead.
+What:	remove EXPORT_SYMBOL(kernel_thread)
+When:	August 2006
+Files:	arch/*/kernel/*_ksyms.c
+Why:	kernel_thread is a low-level implementation detail.  Drivers should
+        use the <linux/kthread.h> API instead which shields them from
+	implementation details and provides a higherlevel interface that
+	prevents bugs and code duplication
 Who:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
 
 ---------------------------
@@ -158,13 +155,6 @@ Who:    Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
 
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-What:	Legacy /proc/pci interface (PCI_LEGACY_PROC)
-When:	March 2006
-Why:	deprecated since 2.5.53 in favor of lspci(8)
-Who:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
-
----------------------------
-
 What:	pci_module_init(driver)
 When:	January 2007
 Why:	Is replaced by pci_register_driver(pci_driver).
@@ -172,6 +162,18 @@ Who:	Richard Knutsson <ricknu-0@student.ltu.se> and Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@s
 
 ---------------------------
 
+What:	Usage of invalid timevals in setitimer
+When:	March 2007
+Why:	POSIX requires to validate timevals in the setitimer call. This
+	was never done by Linux. The invalid (e.g. negative timevals) were
+	silently converted to more or less random timeouts and intervals.
+	Until the removal a per boot limited number of warnings is printed
+	and the timevals are sanitized.
+
+Who:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
+
+---------------------------
+
 What:	I2C interface of the it87 driver
 When:	January 2007
 Why:	The ISA interface is faster and should be always available. The I2C
@@ -181,6 +183,17 @@ Who:	Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
 
 ---------------------------
 
+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 <hch@lst.de>
+
+---------------------------
+
 What:	mount/umount uevents
 When:	February 2007
 Why:	These events are not correct, and do not properly let userspace know
@@ -214,3 +227,15 @@ Why:	The USB subsystem has changed a lot over time, and it has been
 Who:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
 
 ---------------------------
+
+What:	find_trylock_page
+When:	January 2007
+Why:	The interface no longer has any callers left in the kernel. It
+	is an odd interface (compared with other find_*_page functions), in
+	that it does not take a refcount to the page, only the page lock.
+	It should be replaced with find_get_page or find_lock_page if possible.
+	This feature removal can be reevaluated if users of the interface
+	cannot cleanly use something else.
+Who:	Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de>
+
+---------------------------