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diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index 492e81df296..ff31b1cc50a 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -35,17 +35,6 @@ Who: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com> --------------------------- -What: AR9170USB -When: 2.6.40 - -Why: This driver is deprecated and the firmware is no longer - maintained. The replacement driver "carl9170" has been - around for a while, so the devices are still supported. - -Who: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@googlemail.com> - ---------------------------- - What: IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM Check: IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM When: July 2009 @@ -226,7 +215,7 @@ Who: Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@intel.com> What: CONFIG_ACPI_PROCFS_POWER When: 2.6.39 Why: sysfs I/F for ACPI power devices, including AC and Battery, - has been working in upstream kenrel since 2.6.24, Sep 2007. + has been working in upstream kernel since 2.6.24, Sep 2007. In 2.6.37, we make the sysfs I/F always built in and this option disabled by default. Remove this option and the ACPI power procfs interface in 2.6.39. @@ -273,16 +262,6 @@ Who: Michael Buesch <mb@bu3sch.de> --------------------------- -What: /sys/o2cb symlink -When: January 2010 -Why: /sys/fs/o2cb is the proper location for this information - /sys/o2cb - exists as a symlink for backwards compatibility for old versions of - ocfs2-tools. 2 years should be sufficient time to phase in new versions - which know to look in /sys/fs/o2cb. -Who: ocfs2-devel@oss.oracle.com - ---------------------------- - What: Ability for non root users to shm_get hugetlb pages based on mlock resource limits When: 2.6.31 @@ -405,16 +384,6 @@ Who: anybody or Florian Mickler <florian@mickler.org> ---------------------------- -What: capifs -When: February 2011 -Files: drivers/isdn/capi/capifs.* -Why: udev fully replaces this special file system that only contains CAPI - NCCI TTY device nodes. User space (pppdcapiplugin) works without - noticing the difference. -Who: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@web.de> - ----------------------------- - What: KVM paravirt mmu host support When: January 2011 Why: The paravirt mmu host support is slower than non-paravirt mmu, both @@ -460,14 +429,6 @@ Who: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> ---------------------------- -What: The acpi_sleep=s4_nonvs command line option -When: 2.6.37 -Files: arch/x86/kernel/acpi/sleep.c -Why: superseded by acpi_sleep=nonvs -Who: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl> - ----------------------------- - What: PCI DMA unmap state API When: August 2012 Why: PCI DMA unmap state API (include/linux/pci-dma.h) was replaced @@ -580,3 +541,26 @@ Why: These legacy callbacks should no longer be used as i2c-core offers Who: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> ---------------------------- + +What: Support for UVCIOC_CTRL_ADD in the uvcvideo driver +When: 2.6.42 +Why: The information passed to the driver by this ioctl is now queried + dynamically from the device. +Who: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com> + +---------------------------- + +What: Support for UVCIOC_CTRL_MAP_OLD in the uvcvideo driver +When: 2.6.42 +Why: Used only by applications compiled against older driver versions. + Superseded by UVCIOC_CTRL_MAP which supports V4L2 menu controls. +Who: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com> + +---------------------------- + +What: Support for UVCIOC_CTRL_GET and UVCIOC_CTRL_SET in the uvcvideo driver +When: 2.6.42 +Why: Superseded by the UVCIOC_CTRL_QUERY ioctl. +Who: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com> + +---------------------------- |