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diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index 20d3b94703a..e47c0ff8ba7 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -229,7 +229,9 @@ Who: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@computergmbh.de> --------------------------- What: b43 support for firmware revision < 410 -When: July 2008 +When: The schedule was July 2008, but it was decided that we are going to keep the + code as long as there are no major maintanance headaches. + So it _could_ be removed _any_ time now, if it conflicts with something new. Why: The support code for the old firmware hurts code readability/maintainability and slightly hurts runtime performance. Bugfixes for the old firmware are not provided by Broadcom anymore. @@ -344,3 +346,20 @@ Why: See commits 129f8ae9b1b5be94517da76009ea956e89104ce8 and Removal is subject to fixing any remaining bugs in ACPI which may cause the thermal throttling not to happen at the right time. Who: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>, Matthew Garrett <mjg@redhat.com> + +----------------------------- + +What: __do_IRQ all in one fits nothing interrupt handler +When: 2.6.32 +Why: __do_IRQ was kept for easy migration to the type flow handlers. + More than two years of migration time is enough. +Who: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> + +----------------------------- + +What: obsolete generic irq defines and typedefs +When: 2.6.30 +Why: The defines and typedefs (hw_interrupt_type, no_irq_type, irq_desc_t) + have been kept around for migration reasons. After more than two years + it's time to remove them finally +Who: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> |