From: Randy Dunlap <[email protected]>
Someone asked for this last week and I haven't seen it patched yet,
so here it is.
a. arrange feature-removal items in date order
b. fix a typo
c. update an email address
Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <[email protected]>
diffstat:=
Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 111 ++++++++++++++---------------
1 files changed, 57 insertions(+), 54 deletions(-)
diff -Naurp linux-2612-mm2/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt~date_order linux-2612-mm2/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
--- linux-2612-mm2/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt~date_order 2005-06-27 12:39:25.000000000 -0700
+++ linux-2612-mm2/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt 2005-06-27 13:11:46.000000000 -0700
@@ -4,16 +4,14 @@ exactly is going away, why it is happeni
the work. When the feature is removed from the kernel, it should also
be removed from this file.
+(Please keep this file in order by date of removal.)
---------------------------
-What: devfs
-When: July 2005
-Files: fs/devfs/*, include/linux/devfs_fs*.h and assorted devfs
- function calls throughout the kernel tree
-Why: It has been unmaintained for a number of years, has unfixable
- races, contains a naming policy within the kernel that is
- against the LSB, and can be replaced by using udev.
-Who: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
+What: register_ioctl32_conversion() / unregister_ioctl32_conversion()
+When: April 2005
+Why: Replaced by ->compat_ioctl in file_operations and other method
+ vectors.
+Who: Andi Kleen <[email protected]>, Christoph Hellwig <[email protected]>
---------------------------
@@ -25,6 +23,17 @@ Who: Pavel Machek <[email protected]>
---------------------------
+What: devfs
+When: July 2005
+Files: fs/devfs/*, include/linux/devfs_fs*.h and assorted devfs
+ function calls throughout the kernel tree
+Why: It has been unmaintained for a number of years, has unfixable
+ races, contains a naming policy within the kernel that is
+ against the LSB, and can be replaced by using udev.
+Who: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
+
+---------------------------
+
What: PCI Name Database (CONFIG_PCI_NAMES)
When: July 2005
Why: It bloats the kernel unnecessarily, and is handled by userspace better
@@ -39,46 +48,7 @@ When: September 2005
Why: Replaced by io_remap_pfn_range() which allows more memory space
addressabilty (by using a pfn) and supports sparc & sparc64
iospace as part of the pfn.
-Who: Randy Dunlap <[email protected]>
-
----------------------------
-
-What: RAW driver (CONFIG_RAW_DRIVER)
-When: December 2005
-Why: declared obsolete since kernel 2.6.3
- O_DIRECT can be used instead
-Who: Adrian Bunk <[email protected]>
-
----------------------------
-
-What: register_ioctl32_conversion() / unregister_ioctl32_conversion()
-When: April 2005
-Why: Replaced by ->compat_ioctl in file_operations and other method
- vecors.
-Who: Andi Kleen <[email protected]>, Christoph Hellwig <[email protected]>
-
----------------------------
-
-What: RCU API moves to EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL
-When: April 2006
-Files: include/linux/rcupdate.h, kernel/rcupdate.c
-Why: Outside of Linux, the only implementations of anything even
- vaguely resembling RCU that I am aware of are in DYNIX/ptx,
- VM/XA, Tornado, and K42. I do not expect anyone to port binary
- drivers or kernel modules from any of these, since the first two
- are owned by IBM and the last two are open-source research OSes.
- So these will move to GPL after a grace period to allow
- people, who might be using implementations that I am not aware
- of, to adjust to this upcoming change.
-Who: Paul E. McKenney <[email protected]>
-
----------------------------
-
-What: remove verify_area()
-When: July 2006
-Files: Various uaccess.h headers.
-Why: Deprecated and redundant. access_ok() should be used instead.
-Who: Jesper Juhl <[email protected]>
+Who: Randy Dunlap <[email protected]>
---------------------------
@@ -102,6 +72,15 @@ Who: Jody McIntyre <scjody@steamballoon.
---------------------------
+What: i2c sysfs name change: in1_ref, vid deprecated in favour of cpu0_vid
+When: November 2005
+Files: drivers/i2c/chips/adm1025.c, drivers/i2c/chips/adm1026.c
+Why: Match the other drivers' name for the same function, duplicate names
+ will be available until removal of old names.
+Who: Grant Coady <[email protected]>
+
+---------------------------
+
What: register_serial/unregister_serial
When: December 2005
Why: This interface does not allow serial ports to be registered against
@@ -112,12 +91,26 @@ Who: Russell King <[email protected]>
---------------------------
-What: i2c sysfs name change: in1_ref, vid deprecated in favour of cpu0_vid
-When: November 2005
-Files: drivers/i2c/chips/adm1025.c, drivers/i2c/chips/adm1026.c
-Why: Match the other drivers' name for the same function, duplicate names
- will be available until removal of old names.
-Who: Grant Coady <[email protected]>
+What: RAW driver (CONFIG_RAW_DRIVER)
+When: December 2005
+Why: declared obsolete since kernel 2.6.3
+ O_DIRECT can be used instead
+Who: Adrian Bunk <[email protected]>
+
+---------------------------
+
+What: RCU API moves to EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL
+When: April 2006
+Files: include/linux/rcupdate.h, kernel/rcupdate.c
+Why: Outside of Linux, the only implementations of anything even
+ vaguely resembling RCU that I am aware of are in DYNIX/ptx,
+ VM/XA, Tornado, and K42. I do not expect anyone to port binary
+ drivers or kernel modules from any of these, since the first two
+ are owned by IBM and the last two are open-source research OSes.
+ So these will move to GPL after a grace period to allow
+ people, who might be using implementations that I am not aware
+ of, to adjust to this upcoming change.
+Who: Paul E. McKenney <[email protected]>
---------------------------
@@ -134,3 +127,13 @@ When: April 2006
Files: kernel/panic.c
Why: No modular usage in the kernel.
Who: Adrian Bunk <[email protected]>
+
+---------------------------
+
+What: remove verify_area()
+When: July 2006
+Files: Various uaccess.h headers.
+Why: Deprecated and redundant. access_ok() should be used instead.
+Who: Jesper Juhl <[email protected]>
+
+---------------------------
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