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diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index 09e031c55887..503d21216d58 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -6,6 +6,35 @@ be removed from this file. --------------------------- +What: PRISM54 +When: 2.6.34 + +Why: prism54 FullMAC PCI / Cardbus devices used to be supported only by the + prism54 wireless driver. After Intersil stopped selling these + devices in preference for the newer more flexible SoftMAC devices + a SoftMAC device driver was required and prism54 did not support + them. The p54pci driver now exists and has been present in the kernel for + a while. This driver supports both SoftMAC devices and FullMAC devices. + The main difference between these devices was the amount of memory which + could be used for the firmware. The SoftMAC devices support a smaller + amount of memory. Because of this the SoftMAC firmware fits into FullMAC + devices's memory. p54pci supports not only PCI / Cardbus but also USB + and SPI. Since p54pci supports all devices prism54 supports + you will have a conflict. I'm not quite sure how distributions are + handling this conflict right now. prism54 was kept around due to + claims users may experience issues when using the SoftMAC driver. + Time has passed users have not reported issues. If you use prism54 + and for whatever reason you cannot use p54pci please let us know! + E-mail us at: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org + + For more information see the p54 wiki page: + + http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/p54 + +Who: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com> + +--------------------------- + What: IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM Check: IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM When: July 2009 @@ -206,24 +235,6 @@ Who: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com> --------------------------- -What: libata spindown skipping and warning -When: Dec 2008 -Why: Some halt(8) implementations synchronize caches for and spin - down libata disks because libata didn't use to spin down disk on - system halt (only synchronized caches). - Spin down on system halt is now implemented. sysfs node - /sys/class/scsi_disk/h:c:i:l/manage_start_stop is present if - spin down support is available. - Because issuing spin down command to an already spun down disk - makes some disks spin up just to spin down again, libata tracks - device spindown status to skip the extra spindown command and - warn about it. - This is to give userspace tools the time to get updated and will - be removed after userspace is reasonably updated. -Who: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com> - ---------------------------- - What: i386/x86_64 bzImage symlinks When: April 2010 @@ -235,31 +246,6 @@ Who: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> --------------------------- What (Why): - - include/linux/netfilter_ipv4/ipt_TOS.h ipt_tos.h header files - (superseded by xt_TOS/xt_tos target & match) - - - "forwarding" header files like ipt_mac.h in - include/linux/netfilter_ipv4/ and include/linux/netfilter_ipv6/ - - - xt_CONNMARK match revision 0 - (superseded by xt_CONNMARK match revision 1) - - - xt_MARK target revisions 0 and 1 - (superseded by xt_MARK match revision 2) - - - xt_connmark match revision 0 - (superseded by xt_connmark match revision 1) - - - xt_conntrack match revision 0 - (superseded by xt_conntrack match revision 1) - - - xt_iprange match revision 0, - include/linux/netfilter_ipv4/ipt_iprange.h - (superseded by xt_iprange match revision 1) - - - xt_mark match revision 0 - (superseded by xt_mark match revision 1) - - xt_recent: the old ipt_recent proc dir (superseded by /proc/net/xt_recent) @@ -394,15 +380,6 @@ 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> - ---------------------------- - What: fakephp and associated sysfs files in /sys/bus/pci/slots/ When: 2011 Why: In 2.6.27, the semantics of /sys/bus/pci/slots was redefined to @@ -468,3 +445,27 @@ Why: cpu_policy_rwsem has a new cleaner definition making it local to cpufreq core and contained inside cpufreq.c. Other dependent drivers should not use it in order to safely avoid lockdep issues. Who: Venkatesh Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com> + +---------------------------- + +What: sound-slot/service-* module aliases and related clutters in + sound/sound_core.c +When: August 2010 +Why: OSS sound_core grabs all legacy minors (0-255) of SOUND_MAJOR + (14) and requests modules using custom sound-slot/service-* + module aliases. The only benefit of doing this is allowing + use of custom module aliases which might as well be considered + a bug at this point. This preemptive claiming prevents + alternative OSS implementations. + + Till the feature is removed, the kernel will be requesting + both sound-slot/service-* and the standard char-major-* module + aliases and allow turning off the pre-claiming selectively via + CONFIG_SOUND_OSS_CORE_PRECLAIM and soundcore.preclaim_oss + kernel parameter. + + After the transition phase is complete, both the custom module + aliases and switches to disable it will go away. This removal + will also allow making ALSA OSS emulation independent of + sound_core. The dependency will be broken then too. +Who: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> |