---------------------------
-What: CONFIG_WIRELESS_OLD_REGULATORY - old static regulatory information
-When: March 2010 / desktop catchup
-
-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 will remove this option once the standard Linux desktop catches
- up with the new userspace APIs we have implemented.
-
-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
---------------------------
What: PCMCIA control ioctl (needed for pcmcia-cs [cardmgr, cardctl])
-When: November 2005
+When: 2.6.35/2.6.36
Files: drivers/pcmcia/: pcmcia_ioctl.c
Why: With the 16-bit PCMCIA subsystem now behaving (almost) like a
normal hotpluggable bus, and with it using the default kernel
infrastructure (hotplug, driver core, sysfs) keeping the PCMCIA
control ioctl needed by cardmgr and cardctl from pcmcia-cs is
- unnecessary, and makes further cleanups and integration of the
+ unnecessary and potentially harmful (it does not provide for
+ proper locking), and makes further cleanups and integration of the
PCMCIA subsystem into the Linux kernel device driver model more
difficult. The features provided by cardmgr and cardctl are either
handled by the kernel itself now or are available in the new
pcmciautils package available at
http://kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/pcmcia/
-Who: Dominik Brodowski <linux@brodo.de>
+
+ For all architectures except ARM, the associated config symbol
+ has been removed from kernel 2.6.34; for ARM, it will be likely
+ be removed from kernel 2.6.35. The actual code will then likely
+ be removed from kernel 2.6.36.
+Who: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>
---------------------------
----------------------------
+What: corgikbd, spitzkbd, tosakbd driver
+When: 2.6.35
+Files: drivers/input/keyboard/{corgi,spitz,tosa}kbd.c
+Why: We now have a generic GPIO based matrix keyboard driver that
+ are fully capable of handling all the keys on these devices.
+ The original drivers manipulate the GPIO registers directly
+ and so are difficult to maintain.
+Who: Eric Miao <eric.y.miao@gmail.com>
+
+----------------------------
+
+What: corgi_ssp and corgi_ts driver
+When: 2.6.35
+Files: arch/arm/mach-pxa/corgi_ssp.c, drivers/input/touchscreen/corgi_ts.c
+Why: The corgi touchscreen is now deprecated in favour of the generic
+ ads7846.c driver. The noise reduction technique used in corgi_ts.c,
+ that's to wait till vsync before ADC sampling, is also integrated into
+ ads7846 driver now. Provided that the original driver is not generic
+ and is difficult to maintain, it will be removed later.
+Who: Eric Miao <eric.y.miao@gmail.com>
+
+----------------------------
+
+What: capifs
+When: February 2011
+Files: drivers/isdn/capi/capifs.*
+Why: udev fully replaces this special file system that only contains CAPI
+ NCCI TTY device nodes. User space (pppdcapiplugin) works without
+ noticing the difference.
+Who: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@web.de>
++
++----------------------------
++
+ What: KVM memory aliases support
+ When: July 2010
+ Why: Memory aliasing support is used for speeding up guest vga access
+ through the vga windows.
+
+ Modern userspace no longer uses this feature, so it's just bitrotted
+ code and can be removed with no impact.
+ Who: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
+
+ ----------------------------
+
+ What: KVM kernel-allocated memory slots
+ When: July 2010
+ Why: Since 2.6.25, kvm supports user-allocated memory slots, which are
+ much more flexible than kernel-allocated slots. All current userspace
+ supports the newer interface and this code can be removed with no
+ impact.
+ Who: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
+
+ ----------------------------
+
+ What: KVM paravirt mmu host support
+ When: January 2011
+ Why: The paravirt mmu host support is slower than non-paravirt mmu, both
+ on newer and older hardware. It is already not exposed to the guest,
+ and kept only for live migration purposes.
+ Who: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
++
++----------------------------
F: drivers/isdn/gigaset/
F: include/linux/gigaset_dev.h
+GRETH 10/100/1G Ethernet MAC device driver
+M: Kristoffer Glembo <kristoffer@gaisler.com>
+L: netdev@vger.kernel.org
+S: Maintained
+F: drivers/net/greth*
+
HARD DRIVE ACTIVE PROTECTION SYSTEM (HDAPS) DRIVER
M: Frank Seidel <frank@f-seidel.de>
L: lm-sensors@lm-sensors.org
F: arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
KERNEL VIRTUAL MACHINE (KVM) FOR POWERPC
- M: Hollis Blanchard <hollisb@us.ibm.com>
+ M: Alexander Graf <agraf@suse.de>
L: kvm-ppc@vger.kernel.org
W: http://kvm.qumranet.com
S: Supported
F: include/linux/mv643xx.h
MARVELL MWL8K WIRELESS DRIVER
-M: Lennert Buytenhek <buytenh@marvell.com>
+M: Lennert Buytenhek <buytenh@wantstofly.org>
L: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
-S: Supported
+S: Maintained
F: drivers/net/wireless/mwl8k.c
MARVELL SOC MMC/SD/SDIO CONTROLLER DRIVER
F: Documentation/networking/LICENSE.qla3xxx
F: drivers/net/qla3xxx.*
+QLOGIC QLCNIC (1/10)Gb ETHERNET DRIVER
+M: Amit Kumar Salecha <amit.salecha@qlogic.com>
+M: linux-driver@qlogic.com
+L: netdev@vger.kernel.org
+S: Supported
+F: drivers/net/qlcnic/
+
QLOGIC QLGE 10Gb ETHERNET DRIVER
M: Ron Mercer <ron.mercer@qlogic.com>
M: linux-driver@qlogic.com
SERVER ENGINES 10Gbps NIC - BladeEngine 2 DRIVER
M: Sathya Perla <sathyap@serverengines.com>
M: Subbu Seetharaman <subbus@serverengines.com>
+M: Sarveshwar Bandi <sarveshwarb@serverengines.com>
+M: Ajit Khaparde <ajitk@serverengines.com>
L: netdev@vger.kernel.org
W: http://www.serverengines.com
S: Supported
F: Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt
F: fs/fat/
+VIRTIO HOST (VHOST)
+M: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
+L: kvm@vger.kernel.org
+L: virtualization@lists.osdl.org
+L: netdev@vger.kernel.org
+S: Maintained
+F: drivers/vhost/
+F: include/linux/vhost.h
+
VIA RHINE NETWORK DRIVER
M: Roger Luethi <rl@hellgate.ch>
S: Maintained
F: drivers/input/misc/wistron_btns.c
WL1251 WIRELESS DRIVER
-M: Kalle Valo <kalle.valo@nokia.com>
+M: Kalle Valo <kalle.valo@iki.fi>
L: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
W: http://wireless.kernel.org
T: git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-testing.git
X86 PLATFORM DRIVERS
M: Matthew Garrett <mjg@redhat.com>
L: platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org
+T: git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mjg59/platform-drivers-x86.git
S: Maintained
F: drivers/platform/x86
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