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[cascardo/linux.git] / Documentation / feature-removal-schedule.txt

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@@ -180,24 +180,11 @@ Who:   Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
 
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-What:  /sys/firmware/acpi/namespace
-When:  2.6.21
-Why:   The ACPI namespace is effectively the symbol list for
-       the BIOS.  The device names are completely arbitrary
-       and have no place being exposed to user-space.
-
-       For those interested in the BIOS ACPI namespace,
-       the BIOS can be extracted and disassembled with acpidump
-       and iasl as documented in the pmtools package here:
-       http://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/lenb/acpi/utils
-Who:   Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
-
----------------------------
-
 What:  ACPI procfs interface
-When:  July 2007
-Why:   After ACPI sysfs conversion, ACPI attributes will be duplicated
-       in sysfs and the ACPI procfs interface should be removed.
+When:  July 2008
+Why:   ACPI sysfs conversion should be finished by January 2008.
+       ACPI procfs interface will be removed in July 2008 so that
+       there is enough time for the user space to catch up.
 Who:   Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@intel.com>
 
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@@ -210,6 +197,14 @@ Who:       Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
 
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+What:  /proc/acpi/event
+When:  February 2008
+Why:   /proc/acpi/event has been replaced by events via the input layer
+       and netlink since 2.6.23.
+Who:   Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
+
+---------------------------
+
 What:  Compaq touchscreen device emulation
 When:  Oct 2007
 Files: drivers/input/tsdev.c
@@ -224,22 +219,6 @@ Who:       Richard Purdie <rpurdie@rpsys.net>
 
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-What:  read_dev_chars(), read_conf_data{,_lpm}() (s390 common I/O layer)
-When:  December 2007
-Why:   These functions are a leftover from 2.4 times. They have several
-       problems:
-       - Duplication of checks that are done in the device driver's
-         interrupt handler
-       - common I/O layer can't do device specific error recovery
-       - device driver can't be notified for conditions happening during
-         execution of the function
-       Device drivers should issue the read device characteristics and read
-       configuration data ccws and do the appropriate error handling
-       themselves.
-Who:   Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com>
-
----------------------------
-
 What:  i2c-ixp2000, i2c-ixp4xx and scx200_i2c drivers
 When:  September 2007
 Why:   Obsolete. The new i2c-gpio driver replaces all hardware-specific
@@ -319,3 +298,11 @@ Why:       All mthca hardware also supports MSI-X, which provides
 Who:   Roland Dreier <rolandd@cisco.com>
 
 ---------------------------
+
+What:   sk98lin network driver
+When:   Feburary 2008
+Why:    In kernel tree version of driver is unmaintained. Sk98lin driver
+       replaced by the skge driver. 
+Who:    Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org>
+
+---------------------------