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+++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -6,20 +6,47 @@ be removed from this file.
 
 ---------------------------
 
-What:  old static regulatory information and ieee80211_regdom module parameter
-When:  2.6.29
+What:  The ieee80211_regdom module parameter
+When:  March 2010 / desktop catchup
+
+Why:   This was inherited by the CONFIG_WIRELESS_OLD_REGULATORY code,
+       and currently serves as an option for users to define an
+       ISO / IEC 3166 alpha2 code for the country they are currently
+       present in. Although there are userspace API replacements for this
+       through nl80211 distributions haven't yet caught up with implementing
+       decent alternatives through standard GUIs. Although available as an
+       option through iw or wpa_supplicant its just a matter of time before
+       distributions pick up good GUI options for this. The ideal solution
+       would actually consist of intelligent designs which would do this for
+       the user automatically even when travelling through different countries.
+       Until then we leave this module parameter as a compromise.
+
+       When userspace improves with reasonable widely-available alternatives for
+       this we will no longer need this module parameter. This entry hopes that
+       by the super-futuristically looking date of "March 2010" we will have
+       such replacements widely available.
+
+Who:   Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com>
+
+---------------------------
+
+What:  CONFIG_WIRELESS_OLD_REGULATORY - old static regulatory information
+When:  March 2010 / desktop catchup
+
 Why:   The old regulatory infrastructure has been replaced with a new one
        which does not require statically defined regulatory domains. We do
        not want to keep static regulatory domains in the kernel due to the
        the dynamic nature of regulatory law and localization. We kept around
        the old static definitions for the regulatory domains of:
+
                * US
                * JP
                * EU
+
        and used by default the US when CONFIG_WIRELESS_OLD_REGULATORY was
-       set. We also kept around the ieee80211_regdom module parameter in case
-       some applications were relying on it. Changing regulatory domains
-       can now be done instead by using nl80211, as is done with iw.
+       set. We will remove this option once the standard Linux desktop catches
+       up with the new userspace APIs we have implemented.
+
 Who:   Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com>
 
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@@ -313,7 +340,8 @@ Who:  Krzysztof Piotr Oledzki <ole@ans.pl>
 ---------------------------
 
 What:  i2c_attach_client(), i2c_detach_client(), i2c_driver->detach_client()
-When:  2.6.29 (ideally) or 2.6.30 (more likely)
+When:  2.6.30
+Check: i2c_attach_client i2c_detach_client
 Why:   Deprecated by the new (standard) device driver binding model. Use
        i2c_driver->probe() and ->remove() instead.
 Who:   Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
@@ -346,3 +374,20 @@ Why:       See commits 129f8ae9b1b5be94517da76009ea956e89104ce8 and
        Removal is subject to fixing any remaining bugs in ACPI which may
        cause the thermal throttling not to happen at the right time.
 Who:   Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>, Matthew Garrett <mjg@redhat.com>
+
+-----------------------------
+
+What:  __do_IRQ all in one fits nothing interrupt handler
+When:  2.6.32
+Why:   __do_IRQ was kept for easy migration to the type flow handlers.
+       More than two years of migration time is enough.
+Who:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
+
+-----------------------------
+
+What:  obsolete generic irq defines and typedefs
+When:  2.6.30
+Why:   The defines and typedefs (hw_interrupt_type, no_irq_type, irq_desc_t)
+       have been kept around for migration reasons. After more than two years
+       it's time to remove them finally
+Who:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>