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138What: filemap_nopage, filemap_populate
139When: April 2007
140Why: These legacy interfaces no longer have any callers in the kernel and
141 any functionality provided can be provided with filemap_fault. The
142 removal schedule is short because they are a big maintainence burden
143 and have some bugs.
144Who: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de>
145
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148What: vm_ops.populate, install_page
149When: April 2007
150Why: These legacy interfaces no longer have any callers in the kernel and
151 any functionality provided can be provided with vm_ops.fault.
152Who: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de>
153
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156What: vm_ops.nopage
157When: February 2008, provided in-kernel callers have been converted
158Why: This interface is replaced by vm_ops.fault, but it has been around
159 forever, is used by a lot of drivers, and doesn't cost much to
160 maintain.
161Who: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de>
162
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138What: Interrupt only SA_* flags 165What: Interrupt only SA_* flags
139When: September 2007 166When: September 2007
140Why: The interrupt related SA_* flags are replaced by IRQF_* to move them 167Why: The interrupt related SA_* flags are replaced by IRQF_* to move them