Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756437AbYCTN0X (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 Mar 2008 09:26:23 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754079AbYCTN0O (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 Mar 2008 09:26:14 -0400 Received: from verein.lst.de ([213.95.11.210]:45923 "EHLO verein.lst.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754137AbYCTN0N (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 Mar 2008 09:26:13 -0400 Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:25:43 +0100 From: Christoph Hellwig To: rae l Cc: Pavel Machek , David Miller , Christoph Hellwig , Dominik Brodowski , Adrian Bunk , Arjan van de Ven , Nick Piggin , Len Brown , Stephen Hemminger , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: many items in Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt have expired, please update Message-ID: <20080320132543.GA11149@lst.de> References: <91b13c310803200622k6a302851nc97774615f2ef3ee@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <91b13c310803200622k6a302851nc97774615f2ef3ee@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i X-Spam-Score: 0 () Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1139 Lines: 29 On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 09:22:29PM +0800, rae l wrote: > What: old NCR53C9x driver > When: October 2007 > Why: Replaced by the much better esp_scsi driver. Actual low-level > driver can be ported over almost trivially. > Who: David Miller > Christoph Hellwig This one is long gone, probably just needs a doc patch. > > What: remove EXPORT_SYMBOL(kernel_thread) > When: August 2006 > Files: arch/*/kernel/*_ksyms.c > Check: kernel_thread > Why: kernel_thread is a low-level implementation detail. Drivers should > use the API instead which shields them from > implementation details and provides a higherlevel interface that > prevents bugs and code duplication > Who: Christoph Hellwig We still have in-kernel users of this one. Feel free to send a patch to change it to "once the last in-tree user is gone" -- 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/