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@@ -6,6 +6,24 @@ be removed from this file.
---------------------------
+What: old static regulatory information and ieee80211_regdom module parameter
+When: 2.6.29
+Why: The old regulatory infrastructure has been replaced with a new one
+ which does not require statically defined regulatory domains. We do
+ not want to keep static regulatory domains in the kernel due to the
+ the dynamic nature of regulatory law and localization. We kept around
+ the old static definitions for the regulatory domains of:
+ * US
+ * JP
+ * EU
+ and used by default the US when CONFIG_WIRELESS_OLD_REGULATORY was
+ set. We also kept around the ieee80211_regdom module parameter in case
+ some applications were relying on it. Changing regulatory domains
+ can now be done instead by using nl80211, as is done with iw.
+Who: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com>
+
+---------------------------
+
What: dev->power.power_state
When: July 2007
Why: Broken design for runtime control over driver power states, confusing
@@ -19,15 +37,6 @@ Who: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz>
---------------------------
-What: old NCR53C9x driver
-When: October 2007
-Why: Replaced by the much better esp_scsi driver. Actual low-level
- driver can be ported over almost trivially.
-Who: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
- Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
-
----------------------------
-
What: Video4Linux API 1 ioctls and video_decoder.h from Video devices.
When: December 2008
Files: include/linux/video_decoder.h include/linux/videodev.h
@@ -205,19 +214,6 @@ Who: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
---------------------------
-What: The arch/ppc and include/asm-ppc directories
-When: Jun 2008
-Why: The arch/powerpc tree is the merged architecture for ppc32 and ppc64
- platforms. Currently there are efforts underway to port the remaining
- arch/ppc platforms to the merged tree. New submissions to the arch/ppc
- tree have been frozen with the 2.6.22 kernel release and that tree will
- remain in bug-fix only mode until its scheduled removal. Platforms
- that are not ported by June 2008 will be removed due to the lack of an
- interested maintainer.
-Who: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org
-
----------------------------
-
What: i386/x86_64 bzImage symlinks
When: April 2010
@@ -254,6 +250,9 @@ What (Why):
- 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(superseded by xt_mark match revision 1)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+ (superseded by /proc/net/xt_recent)
+
When: January 2009 or Linux 2.7.0, whichever comes first
Why: Superseded by newer revisions or modules
Who: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@computergmbh.de>
@@ -288,14 +287,6 @@ Who: Glauber Costa <gcosta@redhat.com>
---------------------------
-What: old style serial driver for ColdFire (CONFIG_SERIAL_COLDFIRE)
-When: 2.6.28
-Why: This driver still uses the old interface and has been replaced
- by CONFIG_SERIAL_MCF.
-Who: Sebastian Siewior <sebastian@breakpoint.cc>
-
----------------------------
-
What: /sys/o2cb symlink
When: January 2010
Why: /sys/fs/o2cb is the proper location for this information - /sys/o2cb
@@ -344,3 +335,11 @@ Why: Accounting can now be enabled/disabled without kernel recompilation.
controlled by a kernel/module/sysfs/sysctl parameter.
Who: Krzysztof Piotr Oledzki <ole@ans.pl>
+---------------------------
+
+What: ide-scsi (BLK_DEV_IDESCSI)
+When: 2.6.29
+Why: The 2.6 kernel supports direct writing to ide CD drives, which
+ eliminates the need for ide-scsi. The new method is more
+ efficient in every way.
+Who: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp>