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diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index 09b132dd062d..28179cfdace6 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -6,6 +6,15 @@ be removed from this file. The suggested deprecation period is 3 releases. --------------------------- +What: support for i.mx25 in mx2_camera.c +When: v3.8 +Why: it's been broken for a year. Furthermore, i.MX25 video capture + HW doesn't have much in common with i.MX27. A separate driver + will be needed for it. +Who: Javier Martin<javier.martin@vista-silicon.com> + +--------------------------- + What: ddebug_query="query" boot cmdline param When: v3.8 Why: obsoleted by dyndbg="query" and module.dyndbg="query" @@ -13,6 +22,14 @@ Who: Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>, Jason Baron <jbaron@redhat.com> --------------------------- +What: /proc/sys/vm/nr_pdflush_threads +When: 2012 +Why: Since pdflush is deprecated, the interface exported in /proc/sys/vm/ + should be removed. +Who: Wanpeng Li <liwp@linux.vnet.ibm.com> + +--------------------------- + What: CONFIG_APM_CPU_IDLE, and its ability to call APM BIOS in idle When: 2012 Why: This optional sub-feature of APM is of dubious reliability, @@ -70,20 +87,6 @@ Who: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com> --------------------------- -What: IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM -Check: IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM -When: July 2009 - -Why: Many of IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM users are technically bogus as entropy - sources in the kernel's current entropy model. To resolve this, every - input point to the kernel's entropy pool needs to better document the - type of entropy source it actually is. This will be replaced with - additional add_*_randomness functions in drivers/char/random.c - -Who: Robin Getz <rgetz@blackfin.uclinux.org> & Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com> - ---------------------------- - What: The ieee80211_regdom module parameter When: March 2010 / desktop catchup @@ -585,7 +588,7 @@ Why: KVM tracepoints provide mostly equivalent information in a much more ---------------------------- What: at91-mci driver ("CONFIG_MMC_AT91") -When: 3.7 +When: 3.8 Why: There are two mci drivers: at91-mci and atmel-mci. The PDC support was added to atmel-mci as a first step to support more chips. Then at91-mci was kept only for old IP versions (on at91rm9200 and @@ -632,3 +635,23 @@ Why: New drivers should use new V4L2_CAP_VIDEO_M2M capability flag Who: Sylwester Nawrocki <s.nawrocki@samsung.com> ---------------------------- + +What: OMAP private DMA implementation +When: 2013 +Why: We have a DMA engine implementation; all users should be updated + to use this rather than persisting with the old APIs. The old APIs + block merging the old DMA engine implementation into the DMA + engine driver. +Who: Russell King <linux@arm.linux.org.uk>, + Santosh Shilimkar <santosh.shilimkar@ti.com> + +---------------------------- + +What: Remove deprecated DV timings capability defines V4L2_IN_CAP_CUSTOM_TIMINGS + and V4L2_OUT_CAP_CUSTOM_TIMINGS. +When: 3.9 +Why: These defines have been replaced by V4L2_IN_CAP_TIMINGS and + V4L2_OUT_CAP_TIMINGS respectively. +Who: Hans Verkuil <hans.verkuil@cisco.com> + +---------------------------- |