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Kernel v2.6.15-rc6 /Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt

Filename:/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
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Also changed in: (Previous) 2.6.15-rc5  2.6.15-rc4  2.6.15-rc3  2.6.15-rc2  2.6.15-rc1-git7  2.6.15-rc1-git6 
(Following) 2.6.15-rc7  2.6.15  2.6.15-git2  2.6.15-git3  2.6.15-git4  2.6.15-git5 

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diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
index b67189a..9b74319 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.
 
 ---------------------------
 
+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
@@ -69,6 +91,22 @@ Who:   Grant Coady <gcoady@gmail.com>
 
 ---------------------------
 
+What:   remove EXPORT_SYMBOL(panic_timeout)
+When:   April 2006
+Files:   kernel/panic.c
+Why:   No modular usage in the kernel.
+Who:   Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
+
+---------------------------
+
+What:   remove EXPORT_SYMBOL(insert_resource)
+When:   April 2006
+Files:   kernel/resource.c
+Why:   No modular usage in the kernel.
+Who:   Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
+
+---------------------------
+
 What:   PCMCIA control ioctl (needed for pcmcia-cs [cardmgr, cardctl])
 When:   November 2005
 Files:   drivers/pcmcia/: pcmcia_ioctl.c
@@ -95,3 +133,29 @@ Why:   This interface has been obsoleted b
    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>
+
+---------------------------
+
+What:   START_ARRAY ioctl for md
+When:   July 2006
+Files:   drivers/md/md.c
+Why:   Not reliable by design - can fail when most needed.
+   Alternatives exist
+Who:   NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
+
+---------------------------
+
+What:   au1x00_uart driver
+When:   January 2006
+Why:   The 8250 serial driver now has the ability to deal with the differences
+   between the standard 8250 family of UARTs and their slightly strange
+   brother on Alchemy SOCs.  The loss of features is not considered an
+   issue.
+Who:   Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>


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