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diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index 0665cb12bd6..5f95d4b3cab 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -25,15 +25,6 @@ Who: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz> --------------------------- -What: PCI Name Database (CONFIG_PCI_NAMES) -When: July 2005 -Why: It bloats the kernel unnecessarily, and is handled by userspace better - (pciutils supports it.) Will eliminate the need to try to keep the - pci.ids file in sync with the sf.net database all of the time. -Who: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> - ---------------------------- - What: io_remap_page_range() (macro or function) When: September 2005 Why: Replaced by io_remap_pfn_range() which allows more memory space @@ -51,14 +42,6 @@ Who: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> --------------------------- -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 <ak@muc.de>, Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> - ---------------------------- - What: RCU API moves to EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL When: April 2006 Files: include/linux/rcupdate.h, kernel/rcupdate.c @@ -74,14 +57,6 @@ Who: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@us.ibm.com> --------------------------- -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 <juhl-lkml@dif.dk> - ---------------------------- - What: IEEE1394 Audio and Music Data Transmission Protocol driver, Connection Management Procedures driver When: November 2005 @@ -102,16 +77,6 @@ Who: Jody McIntyre <scjody@steamballoon.com> --------------------------- -What: register_serial/unregister_serial -When: September 2005 -Why: This interface does not allow serial ports to be registered against - a struct device, and as such does not allow correct power management - of such ports. 8250-based ports should use serial8250_register_port - and serial8250_unregister_port, or platform devices instead. -Who: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk> - ---------------------------- - 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 |