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author | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2009-09-19 11:27:32 +0200 |
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committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2009-09-19 11:28:41 +0200 |
commit | 929bf0d0156562ce631728b6fa53d68004d456d2 (patch) | |
tree | 739063990a8077b29ef97e69d73bce94573daae4 /Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | |
parent | def0a9b2573e00ab0b486cb5382625203ab4c4a6 (diff) | |
parent | 202c4675c55ddf6b443c7e057d2dff6b42ef71aa (diff) |
Merge branch 'linus' into perfcounters/core
Merge reason: Bring in tracing changes we depend on.
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 64 |
1 files changed, 29 insertions, 35 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index bb3a53cdfbc3..fa75220f8d34 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -6,6 +6,35 @@ be removed from this file. --------------------------- +What: PRISM54 +When: 2.6.34 + +Why: prism54 FullMAC PCI / Cardbus devices used to be supported only by the + prism54 wireless driver. After Intersil stopped selling these + devices in preference for the newer more flexible SoftMAC devices + a SoftMAC device driver was required and prism54 did not support + them. The p54pci driver now exists and has been present in the kernel for + a while. This driver supports both SoftMAC devices and FullMAC devices. + The main difference between these devices was the amount of memory which + could be used for the firmware. The SoftMAC devices support a smaller + amount of memory. Because of this the SoftMAC firmware fits into FullMAC + devices's memory. p54pci supports not only PCI / Cardbus but also USB + and SPI. Since p54pci supports all devices prism54 supports + you will have a conflict. I'm not quite sure how distributions are + handling this conflict right now. prism54 was kept around due to + claims users may experience issues when using the SoftMAC driver. + Time has passed users have not reported issues. If you use prism54 + and for whatever reason you cannot use p54pci please let us know! + E-mail us at: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org + + For more information see the p54 wiki page: + + http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/p54 + +Who: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com> + +--------------------------- + What: IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM Check: IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM When: July 2009 @@ -217,31 +246,6 @@ Who: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> --------------------------- What (Why): - - include/linux/netfilter_ipv4/ipt_TOS.h ipt_tos.h header files - (superseded by xt_TOS/xt_tos target & match) - - - "forwarding" header files like ipt_mac.h in - include/linux/netfilter_ipv4/ and include/linux/netfilter_ipv6/ - - - xt_CONNMARK match revision 0 - (superseded by xt_CONNMARK match revision 1) - - - xt_MARK target revisions 0 and 1 - (superseded by xt_MARK match revision 2) - - - xt_connmark match revision 0 - (superseded by xt_connmark match revision 1) - - - xt_conntrack match revision 0 - (superseded by xt_conntrack match revision 1) - - - xt_iprange match revision 0, - include/linux/netfilter_ipv4/ipt_iprange.h - (superseded by xt_iprange match revision 1) - - - xt_mark match revision 0 - (superseded by xt_mark match revision 1) - - xt_recent: the old ipt_recent proc dir (superseded by /proc/net/xt_recent) @@ -424,16 +428,6 @@ Who: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> ---------------------------- -What: CONFIG_X86_OLD_MCE -When: 2.6.32 -Why: Remove the old legacy 32bit machine check code. This has been - superseded by the newer machine check code from the 64bit port, - but the old version has been kept around for easier testing. Note this - doesn't impact the old P5 and WinChip machine check handlers. -Who: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> - ----------------------------- - What: lock_policy_rwsem_* and unlock_policy_rwsem_* will not be exported interface anymore. When: 2.6.33 |