X-Git-Url: http://git.rot13.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Ffeature-removal-schedule.txt;h=a6cf8f6fc586070221b7de892d1726cac4a5fd70;hb=c21b39aca4f8f4975784e54cd3a1b80bab80dcc0;hp=20c4c8bac9d7d599fa43e1162b7db62cb7ad9011;hpb=d89a9bda14204547f966ed1510a269a44c0b7f5d;p=powerpc.git diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index 20c4c8bac9..a6cf8f6fc5 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -191,15 +191,6 @@ Who: Kay Sievers --------------------------- -What: i2c_adapter.list -When: July 2007 -Why: Superfluous, this list duplicates the one maintained by the driver - core. -Who: Jean Delvare , - David Brownell - ---------------------------- - What: ACPI procfs interface When: July 2008 Why: ACPI sysfs conversion should be finished by January 2008. @@ -225,14 +216,6 @@ Who: Len Brown --------------------------- -What: i2c-ixp2000, i2c-ixp4xx and scx200_i2c drivers -When: September 2007 -Why: Obsolete. The new i2c-gpio driver replaces all hardware-specific - I2C-over-GPIO drivers. -Who: Jean Delvare - ---------------------------- - What: 'time' kernel boot parameter When: January 2008 Why: replaced by 'printk.time=' so that printk timestamps can be @@ -266,22 +249,6 @@ Who: Tejun Heo --------------------------- -What: Legacy RTC drivers (under drivers/i2c/chips) -When: November 2007 -Why: Obsolete. We have a RTC subsystem with better drivers. -Who: Jean Delvare - ---------------------------- - -What: iptables SAME target -When: 1.1. 2008 -Files: net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_SAME.c, include/linux/netfilter_ipv4/ipt_SAME.h -Why: Obsolete for multiple years now, NAT core provides the same behaviour. - Unfixable broken wrt. 32/64 bit cleanness. -Who: Patrick McHardy - ---------------------------- - What: The arch/ppc and include/asm-ppc directories When: Jun 2008 Why: The arch/powerpc tree is the merged architecture for ppc32 and ppc64 @@ -295,16 +262,6 @@ Who: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org --------------------------- -What: mthca driver's MSI support -When: January 2008 -Files: drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/*.[ch] -Why: All mthca hardware also supports MSI-X, which provides - strictly more functionality than MSI. So there is no point in - having both MSI-X and MSI support in the driver. -Who: Roland Dreier - ---------------------------- - What: sk98lin network driver When: Feburary 2008 Why: In kernel tree version of driver is unmaintained. Sk98lin driver @@ -333,3 +290,35 @@ Why: This driver has been marked obsolete for many years. Who: Stephen Hemminger --------------------------- + +What: i2c-i810, i2c-prosavage and i2c-savage4 +When: May 2008 +Why: These drivers are superseded by i810fb, intelfb and savagefb. +Who: Jean Delvare + +--------------------------- + +What: bcm43xx wireless network driver +When: 2.6.26 +Files: drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx +Why: This driver's functionality has been replaced by the + mac80211-based b43 and b43legacy drivers. +Who: John W. Linville + +--------------------------- + +What: iee80211 softmac wireless networking component +When: 2.6.26 (or after removal of bcm43xx and port of zd1211rw to mac80211) +Files: net/ieee80211/softmac +Why: No in-kernel drivers will depend on it any longer. +Who: John W. Linville + +--------------------------- + +What: rc80211-simple rate control algorithm for mac80211 +When: 2.6.26 +Files: net/mac80211/rc80211-simple.c +Why: This algorithm was provided for reference but always exhibited bad + responsiveness and performance and has some serious flaws. It has been + replaced by rc80211-pid. +Who: Stefano Brivio