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@@ -25,8 +25,9 @@ Who: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
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-What: drivers depending on OBSOLETE_OSS_DRIVER
-When: January 2006
+What: drivers that were depending on OBSOLETE_OSS_DRIVER
+ (config options already removed)
+When: before 2.6.19
Why: OSS drivers with ALSA replacements
Who: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
@@ -56,6 +57,15 @@ Who: Jody McIntyre <scjody@steamballoon.com>
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+What: sbp2: module parameter "force_inquiry_hack"
+When: July 2006
+Why: Superceded by parameter "workarounds". Both parameters are meant to be
+ used ad-hoc and for single devices only, i.e. not in modprobe.conf,
+ therefore the impact of this feature replacement should be low.
+Who: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
+
+---------------------------
+
What: Video4Linux API 1 ioctls and video_decoder.h from Video devices.
When: July 2006
Why: V4L1 AP1 was replaced by V4L2 API. during migration from 2.4 to 2.6
@@ -71,14 +81,6 @@ Who: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@brturbo.com.br>
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-What: remove EXPORT_SYMBOL(panic_timeout)
-When: April 2006
-Files: kernel/panic.c
-Why: No modular usage in the kernel.
-Who: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
-
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-
What: remove EXPORT_SYMBOL(insert_resource)
When: April 2006
Files: kernel/resource.c
@@ -127,13 +129,6 @@ Who: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
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-What: EXPORT_SYMBOL(lookup_hash)
-When: January 2006
-Why: Too low-level interface. Use lookup_one_len or lookup_create instead.
-Who: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
-
----------------------------
-
What: CONFIG_FORCED_INLINING
When: June 2006
Why: Config option is there to see if gcc is good enough. (in january
@@ -241,3 +236,15 @@ Why: The USB subsystem has changed a lot over time, and it has been
Who: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
---------------------------
+
+What: find_trylock_page
+When: January 2007
+Why: The interface no longer has any callers left in the kernel. It
+ is an odd interface (compared with other find_*_page functions), in
+ that it does not take a refcount to the page, only the page lock.
+ It should be replaced with find_get_page or find_lock_page if possible.
+ This feature removal can be reevaluated if users of the interface
+ cannot cleanly use something else.
+Who: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de>
+
+---------------------------
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