X-Git-Url: https://git.karo-electronics.de/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Ffeature-removal-schedule.txt;h=99f219a01e0e1f179021d370039ed46d1ba9404c;hb=075395d228641646159dae3dd170fa3fc6ff477a;hp=033ac91da07a81f0038b05dd52a4ab029d13f509;hpb=873d8898b7f6aeb4f2085381dbc201d68a37d02b;p=karo-tx-linux.git diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index 033ac91da07a..99f219a01e0e 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -6,17 +6,6 @@ be removed from this file. --------------------------- -What: devfs -When: July 2005 -Files: fs/devfs/*, include/linux/devfs_fs*.h and assorted devfs - function calls throughout the kernel tree -Why: It has been unmaintained for a number of years, has unfixable - races, contains a naming policy within the kernel that is - against the LSB, and can be replaced by using udev. -Who: Greg Kroah-Hartman - ---------------------------- - What: RAW driver (CONFIG_RAW_DRIVER) When: December 2005 Why: declared obsolete since kernel 2.6.3 @@ -132,16 +121,6 @@ Who: NeilBrown --------------------------- -What: au1x00_uart driver -When: January 2006 -Why: The 8250 serial driver now has the ability to deal with the differences - between the standard 8250 family of UARTs and their slightly strange - brother on Alchemy SOCs. The loss of features is not considered an - issue. -Who: Ralf Baechle - ---------------------------- - What: eepro100 network driver When: January 2007 Why: replaced by the e100 driver @@ -234,3 +213,56 @@ Why: The interface no longer has any callers left in the kernel. It Who: Nick Piggin --------------------------- + +What: Support for the MIPS EV96100 evaluation board +When: September 2006 +Why: Does no longer build since at least November 15, 2003, apparently + no userbase left. +Who: Ralf Baechle + +--------------------------- + +What: Support for the Momentum / PMC-Sierra Jaguar ATX evaluation board +When: September 2006 +Why: Does no longer build since quite some time, and was never popular, + due to the platform being replaced by successor models. Apparently + no user base left. It also is one of the last users of + WANT_PAGE_VIRTUAL. +Who: Ralf Baechle + +--------------------------- + +What: Support for the Momentum Ocelot, Ocelot 3, Ocelot C and Ocelot G +When: September 2006 +Why: Some do no longer build and apparently there is no user base left + for these platforms. +Who: Ralf Baechle + +--------------------------- + +What: Support for MIPS Technologies' Altas and SEAD evaluation board +When: September 2006 +Why: Some do no longer build and apparently there is no user base left + for these platforms. Hardware out of production since several years. +Who: Ralf Baechle + +--------------------------- + +What: Support for the IT8172-based platforms, ITE 8172G and Globespan IVR +When: September 2006 +Why: Code does no longer build since at least 2.6.0, apparently there is + no user base left for these platforms. Hardware out of production + since several years and hardly a trace of the manufacturer left on + the net. +Who: Ralf Baechle + +--------------------------- + +What: Interrupt only SA_* flags +When: Januar 2007 +Why: The interrupt related SA_* flags are replaced by IRQF_* to move them + out of the signal namespace. + +Who: Thomas Gleixner + +---------------------------