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diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index d05e6243b4d..a9941544ed8 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -26,9 +26,7 @@ Who: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl> and --------------------------- -What: /sys/devices/.../power/state - dev->power.power_state - dpm_runtime_{suspend,resume)() +What: dev->power.power_state When: July 2007 Why: Broken design for runtime control over driver power states, confusing driver-internal runtime power management with: mechanisms to support @@ -53,6 +51,7 @@ Who: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> What: Video4Linux API 1 ioctls and video_decoder.h from Video devices. When: December 2006 Files: include/linux/video_decoder.h +Check: include/linux/video_decoder.h Why: V4L1 AP1 was replaced by V4L2 API. during migration from 2.4 to 2.6 series. The old API have lots of drawbacks and don't provide enough means to work with all video and audio standards. The newer API is @@ -86,7 +85,7 @@ Who: Dominik Brodowski <linux@brodo.de> What: remove EXPORT_SYMBOL(kernel_thread) When: August 2006 Files: arch/*/kernel/*_ksyms.c -Funcs: kernel_thread +Check: kernel_thread 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 @@ -137,6 +136,15 @@ Who: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> --------------------------- +What: vm_ops.nopage +When: Soon, provided in-kernel callers have been converted +Why: This interface is replaced by vm_ops.fault, but it has been around + forever, is used by a lot of drivers, and doesn't cost much to + maintain. +Who: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de> + +--------------------------- + What: Interrupt only SA_* flags When: September 2007 Why: The interrupt related SA_* flags are replaced by IRQF_* to move them @@ -310,3 +318,13 @@ Why: The arch/powerpc tree is the merged architecture for ppc32 and ppc64 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 <rolandd@cisco.com> + +--------------------------- |