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1 files changed, 12 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index f50cf8fac3f0..033ac91da07a 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -33,27 +33,12 @@ Who: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> --------------------------- -What: RCU API moves to EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL -When: April 2006 -Files: include/linux/rcupdate.h, kernel/rcupdate.c -Why: Outside of Linux, the only implementations of anything even - vaguely resembling RCU that I am aware of are in DYNIX/ptx, - VM/XA, Tornado, and K42. I do not expect anyone to port binary - drivers or kernel modules from any of these, since the first two - are owned by IBM and the last two are open-source research OSes. - So these will move to GPL after a grace period to allow - people, who might be using implementations that I am not aware - of, to adjust to this upcoming change. -Who: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@us.ibm.com> - ---------------------------- - What: raw1394: requests of type RAW1394_REQ_ISO_SEND, RAW1394_REQ_ISO_LISTEN -When: November 2005 +When: November 2006 Why: Deprecated in favour of the new ioctl-based rawiso interface, which is more efficient. You should really be using libraw1394 for raw1394 access anyway. -Who: Jody McIntyre <scjody@steamballoon.com> +Who: Jody McIntyre <scjody@modernduck.com> --------------------------- @@ -192,6 +177,16 @@ Who: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> --------------------------- +What: Unused EXPORT_SYMBOL/EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL exports + (temporary transition config option provided until then) + The transition config option will also be removed at the same time. +When: before 2.6.19 +Why: Unused symbols are both increasing the size of the kernel binary + and are often a sign of "wrong API" +Who: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com> + +--------------------------- + What: remove EXPORT_SYMBOL(tasklist_lock) When: August 2006 Files: kernel/fork.c |
