Loading Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +22 −0 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -172,6 +172,16 @@ Who: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com> --------------------------- What: ide-tape driver When: July 2008 Files: drivers/ide/ide-tape.c Why: This driver might not have any users anymore and maintaining it for no reason is an effort no one wants to make. Who: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>, Borislav Petkov <petkovbb@googlemail.com> --------------------------- What: libata spindown skipping and warning When: Dec 2008 Why: Some halt(8) implementations synchronize caches for and spin Loading Loading @@ -306,3 +316,15 @@ Why: Largely unmaintained and almost entirely unused. File system is largely pointless as without a lot of work only the most trivial of Solaris binaries can work with the emulation code. Who: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> --------------------------- What: init_mm export When: 2.6.26 Why: Not used in-tree. The current out-of-tree users used it to work around problems in the CPA code which should be resolved by now. One usecase was described to provide verification code of the CPA operation. That's a good idea in general, but such code / infrastructure should be in the kernel and not in some out-of-tree driver. Who: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Documentation/ide.txt +0 −49 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -258,8 +258,6 @@ Summary of ide driver parameters for kernel command line As for VLB, it is safest to not specify it. Bigger values are safer than smaller ones. "idex=noprobe" : do not attempt to access/use this interface "idex=base" : probe for an interface at the addr specified, where "base" is usually 0x1f0 or 0x170 and "ctl" is assumed to be "base"+0x206 Loading Loading @@ -307,53 +305,6 @@ Also for legacy CMD640 host driver (cmd640) you need to use "probe_vlb" kernel paremeter to enable probing for VLB version of the chipset (PCI ones are detected automatically). ================================================================================ IDE ATAPI streaming tape driver ------------------------------- This driver is a part of the Linux ide driver and works in co-operation with linux/drivers/block/ide.c. The driver, in co-operation with ide.c, basically traverses the request-list for the block device interface. The character device interface, on the other hand, creates new requests, adds them to the request-list of the block device, and waits for their completion. Pipelined operation mode is now supported on both reads and writes. The block device major and minor numbers are determined from the tape's relative position in the ide interfaces, as explained in ide.c. The character device interface consists of the following devices: ht0 major 37, minor 0 first IDE tape, rewind on close. ht1 major 37, minor 1 second IDE tape, rewind on close. ... nht0 major 37, minor 128 first IDE tape, no rewind on close. nht1 major 37, minor 129 second IDE tape, no rewind on close. ... Run /dev/MAKEDEV to create the above entries. The general magnetic tape commands compatible interface, as defined by include/linux/mtio.h, is accessible through the character device. General ide driver configuration options, such as the interrupt-unmask flag, can be configured by issuing an ioctl to the block device interface, as any other ide device. Our own ide-tape ioctl's can be issued to either the block device or the character device interface. Maximal throughput with minimal bus load will usually be achieved in the following scenario: 1. ide-tape is operating in the pipelined operation mode. 2. No buffering is performed by the user backup program. ================================================================================ Some Terminology Loading MAINTAINERS +17 −6 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -767,14 +767,14 @@ S: Maintained BLACKFIN ARCHITECTURE P: Bryan Wu M: bryan.wu@analog.com M: cooloney@kernel.org L: uclinux-dist-devel@blackfin.uclinux.org (subscribers-only) W: http://blackfin.uclinux.org S: Supported BLACKFIN EMAC DRIVER P: Bryan Wu M: bryan.wu@analog.com M: cooloney@kernel.org L: uclinux-dist-devel@blackfin.uclinux.org (subscribers-only) W: http://blackfin.uclinux.org S: Supported Loading Loading @@ -982,6 +982,12 @@ M: mchan@broadcom.com L: netdev@vger.kernel.org S: Supported BROADCOM BNX2X 10 GIGABIT ETHERNET DRIVER P: Eliezer Tamir M: eliezert@broadcom.com L: netdev@vger.kernel.org S: Supported BROADCOM TG3 GIGABIT ETHERNET DRIVER P: Michael Chan M: mchan@broadcom.com Loading Loading @@ -2744,6 +2750,8 @@ S: Maintained NETEFFECT IWARP RNIC DRIVER (IW_NES) P: Faisal Latif M: flatif@neteffect.com P: Nishi Gupta M: ngupta@neteffect.com P: Glenn Streiff M: gstreiff@neteffect.com L: general@lists.openfabrics.org Loading Loading @@ -3884,10 +3892,13 @@ M: trivial@kernel.org L: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org S: Maintained TULIP NETWORK DRIVER L: tulip-users@lists.sourceforge.net W: http://sourceforge.net/projects/tulip/ S: Orphan TULIP NETWORK DRIVERS P: Grant Grundler M: grundler@parisc-linux.org P: Kyle McMartin M: kyle@parisc-linux.org L: netdev@vger.kernel.org S: Maintained TUN/TAP driver P: Maxim Krasnyansky Loading arch/arm/Kconfig +2 −1 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -939,7 +939,8 @@ config KEXEC config ATAGS_PROC bool "Export atags in procfs" default n depends on KEXEC default y help Should the atags used to boot the kernel be exported in an "atags" file in procfs. Useful with kexec. Loading arch/arm/mach-pxa/cpu-pxa.c +1 −1 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ #ifdef DEBUG static unsigned int freq_debug; MODULE_PARM(freq_debug, "i"); module_param(freq_debug, uint, 0); MODULE_PARM_DESC(freq_debug, "Set the debug messages to on=1/off=0"); #else #define freq_debug 0 Loading Loading
Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +22 −0 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -172,6 +172,16 @@ Who: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com> --------------------------- What: ide-tape driver When: July 2008 Files: drivers/ide/ide-tape.c Why: This driver might not have any users anymore and maintaining it for no reason is an effort no one wants to make. Who: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>, Borislav Petkov <petkovbb@googlemail.com> --------------------------- What: libata spindown skipping and warning When: Dec 2008 Why: Some halt(8) implementations synchronize caches for and spin Loading Loading @@ -306,3 +316,15 @@ Why: Largely unmaintained and almost entirely unused. File system is largely pointless as without a lot of work only the most trivial of Solaris binaries can work with the emulation code. Who: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> --------------------------- What: init_mm export When: 2.6.26 Why: Not used in-tree. The current out-of-tree users used it to work around problems in the CPA code which should be resolved by now. One usecase was described to provide verification code of the CPA operation. That's a good idea in general, but such code / infrastructure should be in the kernel and not in some out-of-tree driver. Who: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Documentation/ide.txt +0 −49 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -258,8 +258,6 @@ Summary of ide driver parameters for kernel command line As for VLB, it is safest to not specify it. Bigger values are safer than smaller ones. "idex=noprobe" : do not attempt to access/use this interface "idex=base" : probe for an interface at the addr specified, where "base" is usually 0x1f0 or 0x170 and "ctl" is assumed to be "base"+0x206 Loading Loading @@ -307,53 +305,6 @@ Also for legacy CMD640 host driver (cmd640) you need to use "probe_vlb" kernel paremeter to enable probing for VLB version of the chipset (PCI ones are detected automatically). ================================================================================ IDE ATAPI streaming tape driver ------------------------------- This driver is a part of the Linux ide driver and works in co-operation with linux/drivers/block/ide.c. The driver, in co-operation with ide.c, basically traverses the request-list for the block device interface. The character device interface, on the other hand, creates new requests, adds them to the request-list of the block device, and waits for their completion. Pipelined operation mode is now supported on both reads and writes. The block device major and minor numbers are determined from the tape's relative position in the ide interfaces, as explained in ide.c. The character device interface consists of the following devices: ht0 major 37, minor 0 first IDE tape, rewind on close. ht1 major 37, minor 1 second IDE tape, rewind on close. ... nht0 major 37, minor 128 first IDE tape, no rewind on close. nht1 major 37, minor 129 second IDE tape, no rewind on close. ... Run /dev/MAKEDEV to create the above entries. The general magnetic tape commands compatible interface, as defined by include/linux/mtio.h, is accessible through the character device. General ide driver configuration options, such as the interrupt-unmask flag, can be configured by issuing an ioctl to the block device interface, as any other ide device. Our own ide-tape ioctl's can be issued to either the block device or the character device interface. Maximal throughput with minimal bus load will usually be achieved in the following scenario: 1. ide-tape is operating in the pipelined operation mode. 2. No buffering is performed by the user backup program. ================================================================================ Some Terminology Loading
MAINTAINERS +17 −6 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -767,14 +767,14 @@ S: Maintained BLACKFIN ARCHITECTURE P: Bryan Wu M: bryan.wu@analog.com M: cooloney@kernel.org L: uclinux-dist-devel@blackfin.uclinux.org (subscribers-only) W: http://blackfin.uclinux.org S: Supported BLACKFIN EMAC DRIVER P: Bryan Wu M: bryan.wu@analog.com M: cooloney@kernel.org L: uclinux-dist-devel@blackfin.uclinux.org (subscribers-only) W: http://blackfin.uclinux.org S: Supported Loading Loading @@ -982,6 +982,12 @@ M: mchan@broadcom.com L: netdev@vger.kernel.org S: Supported BROADCOM BNX2X 10 GIGABIT ETHERNET DRIVER P: Eliezer Tamir M: eliezert@broadcom.com L: netdev@vger.kernel.org S: Supported BROADCOM TG3 GIGABIT ETHERNET DRIVER P: Michael Chan M: mchan@broadcom.com Loading Loading @@ -2744,6 +2750,8 @@ S: Maintained NETEFFECT IWARP RNIC DRIVER (IW_NES) P: Faisal Latif M: flatif@neteffect.com P: Nishi Gupta M: ngupta@neteffect.com P: Glenn Streiff M: gstreiff@neteffect.com L: general@lists.openfabrics.org Loading Loading @@ -3884,10 +3892,13 @@ M: trivial@kernel.org L: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org S: Maintained TULIP NETWORK DRIVER L: tulip-users@lists.sourceforge.net W: http://sourceforge.net/projects/tulip/ S: Orphan TULIP NETWORK DRIVERS P: Grant Grundler M: grundler@parisc-linux.org P: Kyle McMartin M: kyle@parisc-linux.org L: netdev@vger.kernel.org S: Maintained TUN/TAP driver P: Maxim Krasnyansky Loading
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arch/arm/mach-pxa/cpu-pxa.c +1 −1 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ #ifdef DEBUG static unsigned int freq_debug; MODULE_PARM(freq_debug, "i"); module_param(freq_debug, uint, 0); MODULE_PARM_DESC(freq_debug, "Set the debug messages to on=1/off=0"); #else #define freq_debug 0 Loading
