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diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index a89a1b7f7cf7..611acc32fdf5 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -6,6 +6,21 @@ be removed from this file. --------------------------- +What: /sys/devices/.../power/state + dev->power.power_state + dpm_runtime_{suspend,resume)() +When: July 2007 +Why: Broken design for runtime control over driver power states, confusing + driver-internal runtime power management with: mechanisms to support + system-wide sleep state transitions; event codes that distinguish + different phases of swsusp "sleep" transitions; and userspace policy + inputs. This framework was never widely used, and most attempts to + use it were broken. Drivers should instead be exposing domain-specific + interfaces either to kernel or to userspace. +Who: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz> + +--------------------------- + What: RAW driver (CONFIG_RAW_DRIVER) When: December 2005 Why: declared obsolete since kernel 2.6.3 |