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diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index decdf99..429db4b 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -25,6 +25,13 @@ Who: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> --------------------------- +What: drivers depending on OBSOLETE_OSS_DRIVER +When: January 2006 +Why: OSS drivers with ALSA replacements +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 @@ -60,6 +67,21 @@ Who: Jody McIntyre <scjody@steamballoon.com> --------------------------- +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 + series. The old API have lots of drawbacks and don't provide enough + means to work with all video and audio standards. The newer API is + already available on the main drivers and should be used instead. + Newer drivers should use v4l_compat_translate_ioctl function to handle + old calls, replacing to newer ones. + Decoder iocts are using internally to allow video drivers to + communicate with video decoders. This should also be improved to allow + V4L2 calls being translated into compatible internal ioctls. +Who: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@brturbo.com.br> + +--------------------------- + What: i2c sysfs name change: in1_ref, vid deprecated in favour of cpu0_vid When: November 2005 Files: drivers/i2c/chips/adm1025.c, drivers/i2c/chips/adm1026.c @@ -111,3 +133,10 @@ Why: This interface has been obsoleted by the new layer3-independent to link against API-compatible library on top of libnfnetlink_queue instead of the current 'libipq'. Who: Harald Welte <laforge@netfilter.org> + +--------------------------- + +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> |
