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diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index 547663bdae8b..7d252dbe7d17 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -307,6 +307,22 @@ Who: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> --------------------------- +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 |