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authorSamuel Ortiz <sameo@linux.intel.com>2012-05-07 12:31:30 +0200
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>2012-05-15 17:31:22 -0400
commit4333459fb71461b93d911cf5fbc5de4eb0ae3714 (patch)
tree01872afd95d1c1ac132896e53a48316b4d98200c /Documentation
parentbbed0deefbb4bb1ab09e0dbc29e00fda86bb7838 (diff)
feature-removal: Remove pn544 raw driver
The pn544_hci driver uses the kernel NFC APIs while pn544 does not. Moreover pn544 is outdated and not maintained. Signed-off-by: Samuel Ortiz <sameo@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
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@@ -534,6 +534,18 @@ Who: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
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+What: Removing the pn544 raw driver.
+When: 3.6
+Why: With the introduction of the NFC HCI and SHDL kernel layers, pn544.c
+ is being replaced by pn544_hci.c which is accessible through the netlink
+ and socket NFC APIs. Moreover, pn544.c is outdated and does not seem to
+ work properly with the latest Android stacks.
+ Having 2 drivers for the same hardware is confusing and as such we
+ should only keep the one following the kernel NFC APIs.
+Who: Samuel Ortiz <sameo@linux.intel.com>
+
+----------------------------
+
What: setitimer accepts user NULL pointer (value)
When: 3.6
Why: setitimer is not returning -EFAULT if user pointer is NULL. This