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diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index b4a1ea76269..81bc51369f5 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -148,3 +148,44 @@ Why: The 8250 serial driver now has the ability to deal with the differences brother on Alchemy SOCs. The loss of features is not considered an issue. Who: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> + +--------------------------- + +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). +Who: Richard Knutsson <ricknu-0@student.ltu.se> and Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> + +--------------------------- + +What: I2C interface of the it87 driver +When: January 2007 +Why: The ISA interface is faster and should be always available. The I2C + probing is also known to cause trouble in at least one case (see + bug #5889.) +Who: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> + +--------------------------- + +What: mount/umount uevents +When: February 2007 +Why: These events are not correct, and do not properly let userspace know + when a file system has been mounted or unmounted. Userspace should + poll the /proc/mounts file instead to detect this properly. +Who: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> + +--------------------------- + +What: Support for NEC DDB5074 and DDB5476 evaluation boards. +When: June 2006 +Why: Board specific code doesn't build anymore since ~2.6.0 and no + users have complained indicating there is no more need for these + boards. This should really be considered a last call. +Who: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> |