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@@ -249,15 +249,6 @@ Who: Ravikiran Thirumalai <kiran@scalex86.org>
---------------------------
-What: Code that is now under CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT_SYSFS
- (in net/core/net-sysfs.c)
-When: 3.5
-Why: Over 1K .text/.data size reduction, data is available in other
- ways (ioctls)
-Who: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
-
----------------------------
-
What: sysfs ui for changing p4-clockmod parameters
When: September 2009
Why: See commits 129f8ae9b1b5be94517da76009ea956e89104ce8 and
@@ -414,21 +405,6 @@ Who: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
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-What: xt_connlimit rev 0
-When: 2012
-Who: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@medozas.de>
-Files: net/netfilter/xt_connlimit.c
-
-----------------------------
-
-What: ipt_addrtype match include file
-When: 2012
-Why: superseded by xt_addrtype
-Who: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
-Files: include/linux/netfilter_ipv4/ipt_addrtype.h
-
-----------------------------
-
What: i2c_driver.attach_adapter
i2c_driver.detach_adapter
When: September 2011
@@ -449,6 +425,19 @@ Who: Hans Verkuil <hans.verkuil@cisco.com>
----------------------------
+What: CONFIG_CFG80211_WEXT
+When: as soon as distributions ship new wireless tools, ie. wpa_supplicant 1.0
+ and NetworkManager/connman/etc. that are able to use nl80211
+Why: Wireless extensions are deprecated, and userland tools are moving to
+ using nl80211. New drivers are no longer using wireless extensions,
+ and while there might still be old drivers, both new drivers and new
+ userland no longer needs them and they can't be used for an feature
+ developed in the past couple of years. As such, compatibility with
+ wireless extensions in new drivers will be removed.
+Who: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
+
+----------------------------
+
What: g_file_storage driver
When: 3.8
Why: This driver has been superseded by g_mass_storage.
@@ -589,6 +578,13 @@ Why: Remount currently allows changing bound subsystems and
----------------------------
+What: xt_recent rev 0
+When: 2013
+Who: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
+Files: net/netfilter/xt_recent.c
+
+----------------------------
+
What: KVM debugfs statistics
When: 2013
Why: KVM tracepoints provide mostly equivalent information in a much more
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