Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756736Ab1FJMgA (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Jun 2011 08:36:00 -0400 Received: from cantor.suse.de ([195.135.220.2]:52375 "EHLO mx1.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756011Ab1FJMf7 (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Jun 2011 08:35:59 -0400 Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2011 14:35:57 +0200 (CEST) From: Jiri Kosina To: Deepak Saxena Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH/Trivial] Update feature-removal-update.txt with 3.x versioning In-Reply-To: <20110609220303.GA2612@plexity.net> Message-ID: References: <20110609220303.GA2612@plexity.net> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (LNX 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 4280 Lines: 106 On Thu, 9 Jun 2011, Deepak Saxena wrote: > > Update feature removal schedule with 3.x numbering > > Update all future kernel version entries in feature-removal-schedule.txt > with appropriate 3.x kernel numbering. > > Signed-off-by: Deepak Saxena > > --- > > diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt > index 1a9446b..7725792 100644 > --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt > +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt > @@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ Files: drivers/staging/cs5535_gpio/* > Check: drivers/staging/cs5535_gpio/cs5535_gpio.c > Why: A newer driver replaces this; it is drivers/gpio/cs5535-gpio.c, and > integrates with the Linux GPIO subsystem. The old driver has been > - moved to staging, and will be removed altogether around 2.6.40. > + moved to staging, and will be removed altogether around 3.0. > Please test the new driver, and ensure that the functionality you > need and any bugfixes from the old driver are available in the new > one. > @@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ Who: Avi Kivity > ---------------------------- > > What: iwlwifi 50XX module parameters > -When: 2.6.40 > +When: 3.0 > Why: The "..50" modules parameters were used to configure 5000 series and > up devices; different set of module parameters also available for 4965 > with same functionalities. Consolidate both set into single place > @@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ Who: Wey-Yi Guy > ---------------------------- > > What: iwl4965 alias support > -When: 2.6.40 > +When: 3.0 > Why: Internal alias support has been present in module-init-tools for some > time, the MODULE_ALIAS("iwl4965") boilerplate aliases can be removed > with no impact. > @@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ Who: Daniel Lezcano > ---------------------------- > > What: iwlwifi disable_hw_scan module parameters > -When: 2.6.40 > +When: 3.0 > Why: Hareware scan is the prefer method for iwlwifi devices for > scanning operation. Remove software scan support for all the > iwlwifi devices. > @@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ Who: Wey-Yi Guy > > What: access to nfsd auth cache through sys_nfsservctl or '.' files > in the 'nfsd' filesystem. > -When: 2.6.40 > +When: 3.0 > Why: This is a legacy interface which have been replaced by a more > dynamic cache. Continuing to maintain this interface is an > unnecessary burden. > @@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ Files: net/netfilter/xt_connlimit.c > ---------------------------- > > What: noswapaccount kernel command line parameter > -When: 2.6.40 > +When: 3.0 > Why: The original implementation of memsw feature enabled by > CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_RES_CTLR_SWAP could be disabled by the noswapaccount > kernel parameter (introduced in 2.6.29-rc1). Later on, this decision > @@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ Who: Jean Delvare > ---------------------------- > > What: Support for UVCIOC_CTRL_ADD in the uvcvideo driver > -When: 2.6.42 > +When: 3.2 > Why: The information passed to the driver by this ioctl is now queried > dynamically from the device. > Who: Laurent Pinchart > @@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ Who: Laurent Pinchart > ---------------------------- > > What: Support for UVCIOC_CTRL_MAP_OLD in the uvcvideo driver > -When: 2.6.42 > +When: 3.2 > Why: Used only by applications compiled against older driver versions. > Superseded by UVCIOC_CTRL_MAP which supports V4L2 menu controls. > Who: Laurent Pinchart > @@ -595,7 +595,7 @@ Who: Laurent Pinchart > ---------------------------- > > What: Support for UVCIOC_CTRL_GET and UVCIOC_CTRL_SET in the uvcvideo driver > -When: 2.6.42 > +When: 3.2 If I understand it correctly, we might end up with 3.x.0 scheme at the end of the day, because of depmod incompatibility. -- Jiri Kosina SUSE Labs -- 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/