Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1761145AbYGOQEi (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:04:38 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754560AbYGOQEa (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:04:30 -0400 Received: from astoria.ccjclearline.com ([64.235.106.9]:47916 "EHLO astoria.ccjclearline.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753863AbYGOQE3 (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:04:29 -0400 Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:03:35 -0400 (EDT) From: "Robert P. J. Day" X-X-Sender: rpjday@localhost.localdomain To: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: so ... what's really and truly "obsolete" and can be tossed? Message-ID: User-Agent: Alpine 1.10 (LFD 962 2008-03-14) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - astoria.ccjclearline.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - crashcourse.ca X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2733 Lines: 44 $ grep -wi obsolete $(find . -name Kconfig*) ./drivers/isdn/Kconfig: Therefore the old ISDN4Linux layer will eventually become obsolete. ./drivers/message/i2o/Kconfig: bool "Enable ioctls (OBSOLETE)" ./drivers/sbus/char/Kconfig: tristate "Bidirectional parallel port support (OBSOLETE)" ./drivers/sbus/char/Kconfig: Say Y here to support Sun's obsolete variant of IEEE1284 ./drivers/mtd/nand/Kconfig: bool "Enable chip ids for obsolete ancient NAND devices" ./drivers/net/Kconfig: new card, since the 3c501 is slow, broken, and obsolete: you will ./drivers/block/paride/Kconfig: This option enables support for the (obsolete) EPIA parallel port ./drivers/block/paride/Kconfig: This option enables support for the (obsolete) 90c20 parallel port ./drivers/block/Kconfig: obsolete. For details, read . ./drivers/misc/Kconfig: This support was made obsolete by the generic ACPI docking station ./drivers/pcmcia/Kconfig: bool "PCMCIA control ioctl (obsolete)" ./net/bridge/netfilter/Kconfig: tristate "ebt: ulog support (OBSOLETE)" ./net/netfilter/Kconfig: This target replaced the old obsolete QUEUE target. ./net/ipv6/netfilter/Kconfig: tristate "IP6 Userspace queueing via NETLINK (OBSOLETE)" ./net/ipv4/netfilter/Kconfig: tristate "IP Userspace queueing via NETLINK (OBSOLETE)" ./net/ipv4/Kconfig: This code is experimental and also obsolete. If you want to use it, ./lib/Kconfig.debug: bool "Enable unused/obsolete exported symbols" ./fs/Kconfig: bool "Print quota warnings to console (OBSOLETE)" ./fs/Kconfig: tristate "SMB file system support (OBSOLETE, please use CIFS)" ./arch/powerpc/platforms/iseries/Kconfig: bool "iSeries Virtual Console Support (Obsolete)" ./arch/arm/Kconfig: 1995 when it was made obsolete by the PCI bus. ./arch/m68k/Kconfig: 1995 when it was made obsolete by the PCI bus. ./arch/sh/Kconfig: 1995 when it was made obsolete by the PCI bus. ./arch/x86/Kconfig: 1995 when it was made obsolete by the PCI bus. ./arch/mips/Kconfig: 1995 when it was made obsolete by the PCI bus. ./sound/core/Kconfig: Say Y here to support the obsolete ALSA PCM API (ver.0.9.0 rc3 rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry: Have classroom, will lecture. http://crashcourse.ca Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA ======================================================================== -- 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/