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@@ -35,17 +35,6 @@ Who: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com>
35 35
36--------------------------- 36---------------------------
37 37
38What: AR9170USB
39When: 2.6.40
40
41Why: This driver is deprecated and the firmware is no longer
42 maintained. The replacement driver "carl9170" has been
43 around for a while, so the devices are still supported.
44
45Who: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@googlemail.com>
46
47---------------------------
48
49What: IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM 38What: IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM
50Check: IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM 39Check: IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM
51When: July 2009 40When: July 2009
@@ -226,7 +215,7 @@ Who: Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@intel.com>
226What: CONFIG_ACPI_PROCFS_POWER 215What: CONFIG_ACPI_PROCFS_POWER
227When: 2.6.39 216When: 2.6.39
228Why: sysfs I/F for ACPI power devices, including AC and Battery, 217Why: sysfs I/F for ACPI power devices, including AC and Battery,
229 has been working in upstream kenrel since 2.6.24, Sep 2007. 218 has been working in upstream kernel since 2.6.24, Sep 2007.
230 In 2.6.37, we make the sysfs I/F always built in and this option 219 In 2.6.37, we make the sysfs I/F always built in and this option
231 disabled by default. 220 disabled by default.
232 Remove this option and the ACPI power procfs interface in 2.6.39. 221 Remove this option and the ACPI power procfs interface in 2.6.39.
@@ -405,16 +394,6 @@ Who: anybody or Florian Mickler <florian@mickler.org>
405 394
406---------------------------- 395----------------------------
407 396
408What: capifs
409When: February 2011
410Files: drivers/isdn/capi/capifs.*
411Why: udev fully replaces this special file system that only contains CAPI
412 NCCI TTY device nodes. User space (pppdcapiplugin) works without
413 noticing the difference.
414Who: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@web.de>
415
416----------------------------
417
418What: KVM paravirt mmu host support 397What: KVM paravirt mmu host support
419When: January 2011 398When: January 2011
420Why: The paravirt mmu host support is slower than non-paravirt mmu, both 399Why: The paravirt mmu host support is slower than non-paravirt mmu, both
@@ -460,14 +439,6 @@ Who: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
460 439
461---------------------------- 440----------------------------
462 441
463What: The acpi_sleep=s4_nonvs command line option
464When: 2.6.37
465Files: arch/x86/kernel/acpi/sleep.c
466Why: superseded by acpi_sleep=nonvs
467Who: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>
468
469----------------------------
470
471What: PCI DMA unmap state API 442What: PCI DMA unmap state API
472When: August 2012 443When: August 2012
473Why: PCI DMA unmap state API (include/linux/pci-dma.h) was replaced 444Why: PCI DMA unmap state API (include/linux/pci-dma.h) was replaced
@@ -580,3 +551,26 @@ Why: These legacy callbacks should no longer be used as i2c-core offers
580Who: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> 551Who: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
581 552
582---------------------------- 553----------------------------
554
555What: Support for UVCIOC_CTRL_ADD in the uvcvideo driver
556When: 2.6.42
557Why: The information passed to the driver by this ioctl is now queried
558 dynamically from the device.
559Who: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>
560
561----------------------------
562
563What: Support for UVCIOC_CTRL_MAP_OLD in the uvcvideo driver
564When: 2.6.42
565Why: Used only by applications compiled against older driver versions.
566 Superseded by UVCIOC_CTRL_MAP which supports V4L2 menu controls.
567Who: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>
568
569----------------------------
570
571What: Support for UVCIOC_CTRL_GET and UVCIOC_CTRL_SET in the uvcvideo driver
572When: 2.6.42
573Why: Superseded by the UVCIOC_CTRL_QUERY ioctl.
574Who: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>
575
576----------------------------