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diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index 226ecf2..46f2a55 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -30,11 +30,39 @@ Who: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> --------------------------- What: raw1394: requests of type RAW1394_REQ_ISO_SEND, RAW1394_REQ_ISO_LISTEN -When: November 2006 -Why: Deprecated in favour of the new ioctl-based rawiso interface, which is - more efficient. You should really be using libraw1394 for raw1394 - access anyway. -Who: Jody McIntyre <scjody@modernduck.com> +When: June 2007 +Why: Deprecated in favour of the more efficient and robust rawiso interface. + Affected are applications which use the deprecated part of libraw1394 + (raw1394_iso_write, raw1394_start_iso_write, raw1394_start_iso_rcv, + raw1394_stop_iso_rcv) or bypass libraw1394. +Who: Dan Dennedy <dan@dennedy.org>, Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de> + +--------------------------- + +What: dv1394 driver (CONFIG_IEEE1394_DV1394) +When: June 2007 +Why: Replaced by raw1394 + userspace libraries, notably libiec61883. This + shift of application support has been indicated on www.linux1394.org + and developers' mailinglists for quite some time. Major applications + have been converted, with the exception of ffmpeg and hence xine. + Piped output of dvgrab2 is a partial equivalent to dv1394. +Who: Dan Dennedy <dan@dennedy.org>, Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de> + +--------------------------- + +What: ieee1394 core's unused exports (CONFIG_IEEE1394_EXPORT_FULL_API) +When: January 2007 +Why: There are no projects known to use these exported symbols, except + dfg1394 (uses one symbol whose functionality is core-internal now). +Who: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de> + +--------------------------- + +What: ieee1394's *_oui sysfs attributes (CONFIG_IEEE1394_OUI_DB) +When: January 2007 +Files: drivers/ieee1394/: oui.db, oui2c.sh +Why: big size, little value +Who: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de> --------------------------- |