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1 files changed, 11 insertions, 43 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index a7d9d179131a..4d3aa519eadf 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -6,14 +6,6 @@ be removed from this file. --------------------------- -What: MXSER -When: December 2007 -Why: Old mxser driver is obsoleted by the mxser_new. Give it some time yet - and remove it. -Who: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@gmail.com> - ---------------------------- - What: dev->power.power_state When: July 2007 Why: Broken design for runtime control over driver power states, confusing @@ -107,17 +99,6 @@ Who: Eric Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> --------------------------- -What: a.out interpreter support for ELF executables -When: 2.6.25 -Files: fs/binfmt_elf.c -Why: Using a.out interpreters for ELF executables was a feature for - transition from a.out to ELF. But now it is unlikely to be still - needed anymore and removing it would simplify the hairy ELF - loader code. -Who: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> - ---------------------------- - What: remove EXPORT_SYMBOL(kernel_thread) When: August 2006 Files: arch/*/kernel/*_ksyms.c @@ -130,15 +111,6 @@ Who: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> --------------------------- -What: CONFIG_FORCED_INLINING -When: June 2006 -Why: Config option is there to see if gcc is good enough. (in january - 2006). If it is, the behavior should just be the default. If it's not, - the option should just go away entirely. -Who: Arjan van de Ven - ---------------------------- - What: eepro100 network driver When: January 2007 Why: replaced by the e100 driver @@ -200,21 +172,6 @@ Who: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com> --------------------------- -What: 'time' kernel boot parameter -When: January 2008 -Why: replaced by 'printk.time=<value>' so that printk timestamps can be - enabled or disabled as needed -Who: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> - ---------------------------- - -What: drivers depending on OSS_OBSOLETE -When: options in 2.6.23, code in 2.6.25 -Why: obsolete OSS drivers -Who: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> - ---------------------------- - What: libata spindown skipping and warning When: Dec 2008 Why: Some halt(8) implementations synchronize caches for and spin @@ -338,3 +295,14 @@ Why: The support code for the old firmware hurts code readability/maintainabilit and slightly hurts runtime performance. Bugfixes for the old firmware are not provided by Broadcom anymore. Who: Michael Buesch <mb@bu3sch.de> + +--------------------------- + +What: Solaris/SunOS syscall and binary support on Sparc +When: 2.6.26 +Why: Largely unmaintained and almost entirely unused. File system + layering used to divert library and dynamic linker searches to + /usr/gnemul is extremely buggy and unfixable. Making it work + is largely pointless as without a lot of work only the most + trivial of Solaris binaries can work with the emulation code. +Who: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> |