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@@ -191,15 +191,6 @@ Who: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@suse.de> | |||
191 | 191 | ||
192 | --------------------------- | 192 | --------------------------- |
193 | 193 | ||
194 | What: i2c_adapter.list | ||
195 | When: July 2007 | ||
196 | Why: Superfluous, this list duplicates the one maintained by the driver | ||
197 | core. | ||
198 | Who: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>, | ||
199 | David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net> | ||
200 | |||
201 | --------------------------- | ||
202 | |||
203 | What: ACPI procfs interface | 194 | What: ACPI procfs interface |
204 | When: July 2008 | 195 | When: July 2008 |
205 | Why: ACPI sysfs conversion should be finished by January 2008. | 196 | Why: ACPI sysfs conversion should be finished by January 2008. |
@@ -225,14 +216,6 @@ Who: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com> | |||
225 | 216 | ||
226 | --------------------------- | 217 | --------------------------- |
227 | 218 | ||
228 | What: i2c-ixp2000, i2c-ixp4xx and scx200_i2c drivers | ||
229 | When: September 2007 | ||
230 | Why: Obsolete. The new i2c-gpio driver replaces all hardware-specific | ||
231 | I2C-over-GPIO drivers. | ||
232 | Who: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> | ||
233 | |||
234 | --------------------------- | ||
235 | |||
236 | What: 'time' kernel boot parameter | 219 | What: 'time' kernel boot parameter |
237 | When: January 2008 | 220 | When: January 2008 |
238 | Why: replaced by 'printk.time=<value>' so that printk timestamps can be | 221 | Why: replaced by 'printk.time=<value>' so that printk timestamps can be |
@@ -266,22 +249,6 @@ Who: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com> | |||
266 | 249 | ||
267 | --------------------------- | 250 | --------------------------- |
268 | 251 | ||
269 | What: Legacy RTC drivers (under drivers/i2c/chips) | ||
270 | When: November 2007 | ||
271 | Why: Obsolete. We have a RTC subsystem with better drivers. | ||
272 | Who: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> | ||
273 | |||
274 | --------------------------- | ||
275 | |||
276 | What: iptables SAME target | ||
277 | When: 1.1. 2008 | ||
278 | Files: net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_SAME.c, include/linux/netfilter_ipv4/ipt_SAME.h | ||
279 | Why: Obsolete for multiple years now, NAT core provides the same behaviour. | ||
280 | Unfixable broken wrt. 32/64 bit cleanness. | ||
281 | Who: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> | ||
282 | |||
283 | --------------------------- | ||
284 | |||
285 | What: The arch/ppc and include/asm-ppc directories | 252 | What: The arch/ppc and include/asm-ppc directories |
286 | When: Jun 2008 | 253 | When: Jun 2008 |
287 | Why: The arch/powerpc tree is the merged architecture for ppc32 and ppc64 | 254 | Why: The arch/powerpc tree is the merged architecture for ppc32 and ppc64 |
@@ -295,16 +262,6 @@ Who: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org | |||
295 | 262 | ||
296 | --------------------------- | 263 | --------------------------- |
297 | 264 | ||
298 | What: mthca driver's MSI support | ||
299 | When: January 2008 | ||
300 | Files: drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/*.[ch] | ||
301 | Why: All mthca hardware also supports MSI-X, which provides | ||
302 | strictly more functionality than MSI. So there is no point in | ||
303 | having both MSI-X and MSI support in the driver. | ||
304 | Who: Roland Dreier <rolandd@cisco.com> | ||
305 | |||
306 | --------------------------- | ||
307 | |||
308 | What: sk98lin network driver | 265 | What: sk98lin network driver |
309 | When: Feburary 2008 | 266 | When: Feburary 2008 |
310 | Why: In kernel tree version of driver is unmaintained. Sk98lin driver | 267 | Why: In kernel tree version of driver is unmaintained. Sk98lin driver |
@@ -323,13 +280,77 @@ Who: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> | |||
323 | 280 | ||
324 | --------------------------- | 281 | --------------------------- |
325 | 282 | ||
326 | What: shaper network driver | 283 | --------------------------- |
327 | When: January 2008 | 284 | |
328 | Files: drivers/net/shaper.c, include/linux/if_shaper.h | 285 | What: i2c-i810, i2c-prosavage and i2c-savage4 |
329 | Why: This driver has been marked obsolete for many years. | 286 | When: May 2008 |
330 | It was only designed to work on lower speed links and has design | 287 | Why: These drivers are superseded by i810fb, intelfb and savagefb. |
331 | flaws that lead to machine crashes. The qdisc infrastructure in | 288 | Who: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> |
332 | 2.4 or later kernels, provides richer features and is more robust. | ||
333 | Who: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org> | ||
334 | 289 | ||
335 | --------------------------- | 290 | --------------------------- |
291 | |||
292 | What: bcm43xx wireless network driver | ||
293 | When: 2.6.26 | ||
294 | Files: drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx | ||
295 | Why: This driver's functionality has been replaced by the | ||
296 | mac80211-based b43 and b43legacy drivers. | ||
297 | Who: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> | ||
298 | |||
299 | --------------------------- | ||
300 | |||
301 | What: ieee80211 softmac wireless networking component | ||
302 | When: 2.6.26 (or after removal of bcm43xx and port of zd1211rw to mac80211) | ||
303 | Files: net/ieee80211/softmac | ||
304 | Why: No in-kernel drivers will depend on it any longer. | ||
305 | Who: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> | ||
306 | |||
307 | --------------------------- | ||
308 | |||
309 | What: rc80211-simple rate control algorithm for mac80211 | ||
310 | When: 2.6.26 | ||
311 | Files: net/mac80211/rc80211-simple.c | ||
312 | Why: This algorithm was provided for reference but always exhibited bad | ||
313 | responsiveness and performance and has some serious flaws. It has been | ||
314 | replaced by rc80211-pid. | ||
315 | Who: Stefano Brivio <stefano.brivio@polimi.it> | ||
316 | |||
317 | --------------------------- | ||
318 | |||
319 | What (Why): | ||
320 | - include/linux/netfilter_ipv4/ipt_TOS.h ipt_tos.h header files | ||
321 | (superseded by xt_TOS/xt_tos target & match) | ||
322 | |||
323 | - "forwarding" header files like ipt_mac.h in | ||
324 | include/linux/netfilter_ipv4/ and include/linux/netfilter_ipv6/ | ||
325 | |||
326 | - xt_CONNMARK match revision 0 | ||
327 | (superseded by xt_CONNMARK match revision 1) | ||
328 | |||
329 | - xt_MARK target revisions 0 and 1 | ||
330 | (superseded by xt_MARK match revision 2) | ||
331 | |||
332 | - xt_connmark match revision 0 | ||
333 | (superseded by xt_connmark match revision 1) | ||
334 | |||
335 | - xt_conntrack match revision 0 | ||
336 | (superseded by xt_conntrack match revision 1) | ||
337 | |||
338 | - xt_iprange match revision 0, | ||
339 | include/linux/netfilter_ipv4/ipt_iprange.h | ||
340 | (superseded by xt_iprange match revision 1) | ||
341 | |||
342 | - xt_mark match revision 0 | ||
343 | (superseded by xt_mark match revision 1) | ||
344 | |||
345 | When: January 2009 or Linux 2.7.0, whichever comes first | ||
346 | Why: Superseded by newer revisions or modules | ||
347 | Who: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@computergmbh.de> | ||
348 | |||
349 | --------------------------- | ||
350 | |||
351 | What: b43 support for firmware revision < 410 | ||
352 | When: July 2008 | ||
353 | Why: The support code for the old firmware hurts code readability/maintainability | ||
354 | and slightly hurts runtime performance. Bugfixes for the old firmware | ||
355 | are not provided by Broadcom anymore. | ||
356 | Who: Michael Buesch <mb@bu3sch.de> | ||