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2008-10-22Schedule removal of the legacy i2c device driver binding modelJean Delvare
The legacy i2c device driver binding model is superseded by the standard model, so it's time to deprecate it and schedule it for removal. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2008-10-16vsprintf: use new vsprintf symbolic function pointer formatBjorn Helgaas
Use the '%pF' format to get rid of an "#ifdef DEBUG" and make some printks atomic. This removes the last in-tree uses of print_fn_descriptor_symbol(). I marked print_fn_descriptor_symbol() deprecated and scheduled it for removal next year to give time for out-of-tree modules to be updated. parisc's print_fn_descriptor_symbol() is currently broken there (it needs to dereference the function pointer similar to ia64 and power). This patch shouldn't make anything worse, but it means we need to fix dereference_function_descriptor() instead of print_fn_descriptor_symbol() to get meaningful initcall_debug output. Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@hp.com> Cc: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org> Cc: Kyle McMartin <kyle@mcmartin.ca> Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@sisk.pl> Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-10-14HID: add compat supportJiri Slaby
Add compat option to hid code to allow loading of all modules on systems which don't allow autoloading because of old userspace. Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
2008-10-13coldfire: scheduled SERIAL_COLDFIRE removalAdrian Bunk
This patch contains the scheduled removal of the obsolete SERIAL_COLDFIRE driver. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-10-08netfilter: xt_recent: IPv6 supportJan Engelhardt
This updates xt_recent to support the IPv6 address family. The new /proc/net/xt_recent directory must be used for this. The old proc interface can also be configured out. Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@medozas.de> Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
2008-10-01Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller
master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 Conflicts: drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/core.c drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/main.c net/core/dev.c
2008-09-15cfg80211: Add new wireless regulatory infrastructureLuis R. Rodriguez
This adds the new wireless regulatory infrastructure. The main motiviation behind this was to centralize regulatory code as each driver was implementing their own regulatory solution, and to replace the initial centralized code we have where: * only 3 regulatory domains are supported: US, JP and EU * regulatory domains can only be changed through module parameter * all rules were built statically in the kernel We now have support for regulatory domains for many countries and regulatory domains are now queried through a userspace agent through udev allowing distributions to update regulatory rules without updating the kernel. Each driver can regulatory_hint() a regulatory domain based on either their EEPROM mapped regulatory domain value to a respective ISO/IEC 3166-1 country code or pass an internally built regulatory domain. We also add support to let the user set the regulatory domain through userspace in case of faulty EEPROMs to further help compliance. Support for world roaming will be added soon for cards capable of this. For more information see: http://wireless.kernel.org/en/developers/Regulatory/CRDA For now we leave an option to enable the old module parameter, ieee80211_regdom, and to build the 3 old regdomains statically (US, JP and EU). This option is CONFIG_WIRELESS_OLD_REGULATORY. These old static definitions and the module parameter is being scheduled for removal for 2.6.29. Note that if you use this you won't make use of a world regulatory domain as its pointless. If you leave this option enabled and if CRDA is present and you use US or JP we will try to ask CRDA to update us a regulatory domain for us. Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2008-09-10add deprecated ide-scsi to feature-removal-schedule.txtFUJITA Tomonori
Signed-off-by: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>
2008-08-12feature-removal-schedule.txt: remove the NCR53C9x entryAdrian Bunk
Now that the driver is removed we should also remove the entry in Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org> Acked-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Cc: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-08-11powerpc: Delete completed "ppc removal" task from feature removal fileRobert P. J. Day
Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
2008-07-27V4L/DVB (8546): add tuner-3036 and dpc7146 drivers to ↵Hans Verkuil
feature-removal-schedule.txt Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
2008-07-25pidns: remove find_task_by_pid, unused for a long timePavel Emelyanov
It seems to me that it was a mistake marking this function as deprecated and scheduling it for removal, rather than resolutely removing it after the last caller's death. Anyway - better late, then never. Signed-off-by: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@openvz.org> Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru> Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-07-24Remove asm/semaphore.hMatthew Wilcox
All users have now been converted to linux/semaphore.h and we don't need to keep these files around any longer. Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox <willy@linux.intel.com>
2008-07-21netfilter: accounting rework: ct_extend + 64bit counters (v4)Krzysztof Piotr Oledzki
Initially netfilter has had 64bit counters for conntrack-based accounting, but it was changed in 2.6.14 to save memory. Unfortunately in-kernel 64bit counters are still required, for example for "connbytes" extension. However, 64bit counters waste a lot of memory and it was not possible to enable/disable it runtime. This patch: - reimplements accounting with respect to the extension infrastructure, - makes one global version of seq_print_acct() instead of two seq_print_counters(), - makes it possible to enable it at boot time (for CONFIG_SYSCTL/CONFIG_SYSFS=n), - makes it possible to enable/disable it at runtime by sysctl or sysfs, - extends counters from 32bit to 64bit, - renames ip_conntrack_counter -> nf_conn_counter, - enables accounting code unconditionally (no longer depends on CONFIG_NF_CT_ACCT), - set initial accounting enable state based on CONFIG_NF_CT_ACCT - removes buggy IPCT_COUNTER_FILLING event handling. If accounting is enabled newly created connections get additional acct extend. Old connections are not changed as it is not possible to add a ct_extend area to confirmed conntrack. Accounting is performed for all connections with acct extend regardless of a current state of "net.netfilter.nf_conntrack_acct". Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Piotr Oledzki <ole@ans.pl> Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-07-18Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller
master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6 Conflicts: Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt drivers/atm/Makefile drivers/net/fs_enet/fs_enet-main.c drivers/pci/pci-acpi.c net/8021q/vlan.c net/iucv/iucv.c
2008-07-14i2c: Remove 3 deprecated bus driversAdrian Bunk
This patch contains the scheduled removal of i2c-i810, i2c-prosavage and i2c-savage4. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2008-07-14wext: make sysfs bits optional and deprecate themJohannes Berg
The /sys/class/net/*/wireless/ direcory is, as far as I know, not used by anyone. Additionally, the same data is available via wext ioctls. Hence the sysfs files are pretty much useless. This patch makes them optional and schedules them for removal. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Cc: Jean Tourrilhes <jt@hpl.hp.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2008-07-05Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller
master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 Conflicts: Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt drivers/net/wan/hdlc_fr.c drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-4965.c drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c
2008-07-01sctp: Mark GET_PEER|LOCAL_ADDR_OLD deprecated.Vlad Yasevich
Socket options SCTP_GET_PEER_ADDR_OLD, SCTP_GET_PEER_ADDR_NUM_OLD, SCTP_GET_LOCAL_ADDR_OLD, and SCTP_GET_PEER_LOCAL_ADDR_NUM_OLD have been replaced by newer versions a since 2005. It's time to officially deprecate them and schedule them for removal. Signed-off-by: Vlad Yasevich <vladislav.yasevich@hp.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-06-25thermal: Create CONFIG_THERMAL_HWMON=nRene Herman
A bug in libsensors <= 2.10.6 is exposed when this new hwmon I/F is enabled. Create CONFIG_THERMAL_HWMON=n until some time after libsensors 2.10.7 ships so those users can run the latest kernel. libsensors 3.x is already fixed -- those users can use CONFIG_THERMAL_HWMON=y now. Signed-off-by: Rene Herman <rene.herman@gmail.com> Acked-by: Mark M. Hoffman <mhoffman@lightlink.com> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
2008-05-14m68knommu: add info about removing mcfserialSebastian Siewior
Schedule a removal for this driver. Alternative driver is available for a while now. Signed-off-by: Sebastian Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de> Acked-by: Greg Ungerer <gerg@uclinux.org> Acked-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-04-30Deprecate find_task_by_pid()Pavel Emelyanov
There are some places that are known to operate on tasks' global pids only: * the rest_init() call (called on boot) * the kgdb's getthread * the create_kthread() (since the kthread is run in init ns) So use the find_task_by_pid_ns(..., &init_pid_ns) there and schedule the find_task_by_pid for removal. [sukadev@us.ibm.com: Fix warning in kernel/pid.c] Signed-off-by: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@openvz.org> Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> Signed-off-by: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-04-28mm: remove nopageNick Piggin
Nothing in the tree uses nopage any more. Remove support for it in the core mm code and documentation (and a few stray references to it in comments). Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-04-21Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/sparc-2.6Linus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/sparc-2.6: [SPARC]: Remove SunOS and Solaris binary support.
2008-04-21Merge branch 'semaphore' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/willy/misc * 'semaphore' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/willy/misc: Deprecate the asm/semaphore.h files in feature-removal-schedule. Convert asm/semaphore.h users to linux/semaphore.h security: Remove unnecessary inclusions of asm/semaphore.h lib: Remove unnecessary inclusions of asm/semaphore.h kernel: Remove unnecessary inclusions of asm/semaphore.h include: Remove unnecessary inclusions of asm/semaphore.h fs: Remove unnecessary inclusions of asm/semaphore.h drivers: Remove unnecessary inclusions of asm/semaphore.h net: Remove unnecessary inclusions of asm/semaphore.h arch: Remove unnecessary inclusions of asm/semaphore.h
2008-04-21[SPARC]: Remove SunOS and Solaris binary support.David S. Miller
As per Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-04-19Deprecate the asm/semaphore.h files in feature-removal-schedule.Matthew Wilcox
Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox <willy@linux.intel.com>
2008-04-19x86: merge iommu initialization parametersGlauber Costa
we merge the iommu initialization parameters in pci-dma.c Nice thing, that both architectures at least recognize the same parameters. usedac i386 parameter is marked for deprecation Signed-off-by: Glauber Costa <gcosta@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2008-04-18Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6.26Linus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6.26: (1090 commits) [NET]: Fix and allocate less memory for ->priv'less netdevices [IPV6]: Fix dangling references on error in fib6_add(). [NETLABEL]: Fix NULL deref in netlbl_unlabel_staticlist_gen() if ifindex not found [PKT_SCHED]: Fix datalen check in tcf_simp_init(). [INET]: Uninline the __inet_inherit_port call. [INET]: Drop the inet_inherit_port() call. SCTP: Initialize partial_bytes_acked to 0, when all of the data is acked. [netdrvr] forcedeth: internal simplifications; changelog removal phylib: factor out get_phy_id from within get_phy_device PHY: add BCM5464 support to broadcom PHY driver cxgb3: Fix __must_check warning with dev_dbg. tc35815: Statistics cleanup natsemi: fix MMIO for PPC 44x platforms [TIPC]: Cleanup of TIPC reference table code [TIPC]: Optimized initialization of TIPC reference table [TIPC]: Remove inlining of reference table locking routines e1000: convert uint16_t style integers to u16 ixgb: convert uint16_t style integers to u16 sb1000.c: make const arrays static sb1000.c: stop inlining largish static functions ...
2008-04-18Merge branch 'upstream-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mfasheh/ocfs2 * 'upstream-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mfasheh/ocfs2: (64 commits) ocfs2/net: Add debug interface to o2net ocfs2: Only build ocfs2/dlm with the o2cb stack module ocfs2/cluster: Get rid of arguments to the timeout routines ocfs2: Put tree in MAINTAINERS ocfs2: Use BUG_ON ocfs2: Convert ocfs2 over to unlocked_ioctl ocfs2: Improve rename locking fs/ocfs2/aops.c: test for IS_ERR rather than 0 ocfs2: Add inode stealing for ocfs2_reserve_new_inode ocfs2: Add ac_alloc_slot in ocfs2_alloc_context ocfs2: Add a new parameter for ocfs2_reserve_suballoc_bits ocfs2: Enable cross extent block merge. ocfs2: Add support for cross extent block ocfs2: Move /sys/o2cb to /sys/fs/o2cb sysfs: Allow removal of symlinks in the sysfs root ocfs2: Reconnect after idle time out. ocfs2/dlm: Cleanup lockres print ocfs2/dlm: Fix lockname in lockres print function ocfs2/dlm: Move dlm_print_one_mle() from dlmmaster.c to dlmdebug.c ocfs2/dlm: Dumps the purgelist into a debugfs file ...
2008-04-18ocfs2: Move /sys/o2cb to /sys/fs/o2cbMark Fasheh
/sys/fs is where we really want file system specific sysfs objects. Ocfs2-tools has been updated to look in /sys/fs/o2cb. We can maintain backwards compatibility with old ocfs2-tools by using a sysfs symlink. After some time (2 years), the symlink can be safely removed. This patch also adds documentation to make it easier for people to figure out what /sys/fs/o2cb is used for. Signed-off-by: Mark Fasheh <mfasheh@suse.com>
2008-04-17x86: extend the scheduled bzImage symlinks removalIngo Molnar
use of the bzImage symlinks in developer scripts is still widespread, so lets extend the removal period by 2 years. These symlinks cost us near nothing. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-04-03Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6
2008-03-22Merge branch 'upstream-net26' of ↵David S. Miller
master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/netdev-2.6 Conflicts: drivers/s390/net/qeth_main.c
2008-03-22Revert "ide-tape: schedule driver for removal after 6 months"Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
This reverts commit d48567dd43868b3d2e1fcc33ee76dc2d38a1ddeb. Borislav is working on ide-tape "light" version instead. Cc: Borislav Petkov <petkovbb@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>
2008-03-18Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 Conflicts: drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c net/8021q/vlan_dev.c
2008-03-17sk98lin: remove obsolete driverStephen Hemminger
All the hardware supported by this driver is now supported by the skge driver. The last remaining issue was support for ancient dual port SysKonnect fiber boards, and the skge driver now does these correctly (p.s. sk98lin was always broken on these old dual port boards anyway). Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
2008-03-13the scheduled rc80211-simple.c removalAdrian Bunk
Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2008-03-13the scheduled ieee80211 softmac removalAdrian Bunk
Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2008-03-13the scheduled bcm43xx removalAdrian Bunk
Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org> Cc: <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> Cc: <stefano.brivio@polimi.it> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2008-02-29x86: delay the export removal of init_mmIngo Molnar
delay the removal of this symbol export by one more kernel release, giving external modules such as VirtualBox a chance to stop using it. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-02-26ide-tape: schedule driver for removal after 6 monthsBorislav Petkov
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <petkovbb@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>
2008-02-09Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/x86/linux-2.6-x86Linus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/x86/linux-2.6-x86: (32 commits) x86: cpa, strict range check in try_preserve_large_page() x86: cpa, enable CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC on 64-bit x86: cpa, use page pool x86: introduce page pool in cpa x86: DEBUG_PAGEALLOC: enable after mem_init() brk: help text typo fix lguest: accept guest _PAGE_PWT page table entries x86 PM: update stale comments x86 PM: consolidate suspend and hibernation code x86 PM: rename 32-bit files in arch/x86/power x86 PM: move 64-bit hibernation files to arch/x86/power x86: trivial printk optimizations x86: fix early_ioremap pagetable ops x86: construct 32-bit boot time page tables in native format. x86, core: remove CONFIG_FORCED_INLINING x86: avoid unused variable warning in mm/init_64.c x86: fixup more paravirt fallout brk: document randomize_va_space and CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK (was Re: x86: fix sparse warnings in acpi/bus.c x86: fix sparse warning in topology.c ...
2008-02-09[SPARC]: Add solaris/sunos binary support to feature removal schedule.David S. Miller
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-02-09x86, core: remove CONFIG_FORCED_INLININGHarvey Harrison
Other than the defconfigs, remove the entry in compiler-gcc4.h, Kconfig.debug and feature-removal-schedule.txt. Signed-off-by: Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2008-02-08Remove a.out interpreter support in ELF loaderAndi Kleen
Following the deprecation schedule the a.out ELF interpreter support is removed now with this patch. a.out ELF interpreters were an transition feature for moving a.out systems to ELF, but they're unlikely to be still needed. Pure a.out systems will still work of course. This allows to simplify the hairy ELF loader. Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-02-08The scheduled 'time' option removalAdrian Bunk
The scheduled removal of the 'time' option. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-02-07Char: mxser, remove itJiri Slaby
(Old) mxser is obsoleted by mxser_new and scheduled for removal on Dec 2007. Remove it by renaming mxser_new to mxser. Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-02-06scheduled OSS driver removalAdrian Bunk
This patch contains the scheduled removal of OSS drivers whose config options have been removed in 2.6.23. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-02-01USB: mark USB drivers as being GPL onlyGreg Kroah-Hartman
Over two years ago, the Linux USB developers stated that they believed there was no way to create a USB kernel driver that was not under the GPL. This patch moves the USB apis to enforce that decision. There are no known closed source USB drivers in the wild, so this patch should cause no problems. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
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