Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964972AbXBFQmv (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Feb 2007 11:42:51 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965161AbXBFQmv (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Feb 2007 11:42:51 -0500 Received: from tim.rpsys.net ([194.106.48.114]:37236 "EHLO tim.rpsys.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964972AbXBFQmu (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Feb 2007 11:42:50 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] input: Schedule removal of compaq touchscreen emulation (tsdev.c) From: Richard Purdie To: Dmitry Torokhov Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Linux-Input Content-Type: text/plain Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2007 16:42:39 +0000 Message-Id: <1170780159.5826.71.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1688 Lines: 40 Schedule removal of Compaq touchscreen emulation (drivers/input/tsdev.c) Its old, was obsolete when it was written by the authors own admission and much better userspace solutions like tslib now exist. The name is also confusing. Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) Index: linux/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt =================================================================== --- linux.orig/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt 2007-02-06 09:40:43.000000000 +0000 +++ linux/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt 2007-02-06 11:36:31.000000000 +0000 @@ -325,3 +325,17 @@ Why: Unmaintained for years, superceded Who: Jeff Garzik --------------------------- + +What: Compaq touchscreen device emulation +When: Oct 2007 +Files: drivers/input/tsdev.c +Why: The code says it was obsolete when it was written in 2001. + tslib is a userspace library which does anything tsdev can do and + much more besides in userspace where this code belongs. There is no + longer any need for tsdev and applications should have converted to + use tslib by now. + The name "tsdev" is also extremely confusing and lots of people have + it loaded when they don't need/use it. +Who: Richard Purdie + +--------------------------- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/