---------------------------
+What: /proc/sys/vm/nr_pdflush_threads
+When: 2012
+Why: Since pdflush is deprecated, the interface exported in /proc/sys/vm/
+ should be removed.
+Who: Wanpeng Li <liwp@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
+
+---------------------------
+
What: CONFIG_APM_CPU_IDLE, and its ability to call APM BIOS in idle
When: 2012
Why: This optional sub-feature of APM is of dubious reliability,
---------------------------
-What: IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM
-Check: IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM
-When: July 2009
-
-Why: Many of IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM users are technically bogus as entropy
- sources in the kernel's current entropy model. To resolve this, every
- input point to the kernel's entropy pool needs to better document the
- type of entropy source it actually is. This will be replaced with
- additional add_*_randomness functions in drivers/char/random.c
-
-Who: Robin Getz <rgetz@blackfin.uclinux.org> & Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
-
----------------------------
-
What: The ieee80211_regdom module parameter
When: March 2010 / desktop catchup
---------------------------
-What: Code that is now under CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT_SYSFS
- (in net/core/net-sysfs.c)
-When: 3.5
-Why: Over 1K .text/.data size reduction, data is available in other
- ways (ioctls)
-Who: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
-
----------------------------
-
What: sysfs ui for changing p4-clockmod parameters
When: September 2009
Why: See commits 129f8ae9b1b5be94517da76009ea956e89104ce8 and
----------------------------
-What: xt_connlimit rev 0
-When: 2012
-Who: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@medozas.de>
-Files: net/netfilter/xt_connlimit.c
-
-----------------------------
-
-What: ipt_addrtype match include file
-When: 2012
-Why: superseded by xt_addrtype
-Who: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
-Files: include/linux/netfilter_ipv4/ipt_addrtype.h
-
-----------------------------
-
What: i2c_driver.attach_adapter
i2c_driver.detach_adapter
When: September 2011
----------------------------
+What: CONFIG_CFG80211_WEXT
+When: as soon as distributions ship new wireless tools, ie. wpa_supplicant 1.0
+ and NetworkManager/connman/etc. that are able to use nl80211
+Why: Wireless extensions are deprecated, and userland tools are moving to
+ using nl80211. New drivers are no longer using wireless extensions,
+ and while there might still be old drivers, both new drivers and new
+ userland no longer needs them and they can't be used for an feature
+ developed in the past couple of years. As such, compatibility with
+ wireless extensions in new drivers will be removed.
+Who: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
+
+----------------------------
+
What: g_file_storage driver
When: 3.8
Why: This driver has been superseded by g_mass_storage.
----------------------------
-What: kmap_atomic(page, km_type)
-When: 3.5
-Why: The old kmap_atomic() with two arguments is deprecated, we only
- keep it for backward compatibility for few cycles and then drop it.
-Who: Cong Wang <amwang@redhat.com>
-
-----------------------------
-
What: get_robust_list syscall
When: 2013
Why: There appear to be no production users of the get_robust_list syscall,
----------------------------
+What: xt_recent rev 0
+When: 2013
+Who: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
+Files: net/netfilter/xt_recent.c
+
+----------------------------
+
What: KVM debugfs statistics
When: 2013
Why: KVM tracepoints provide mostly equivalent information in a much more
----------------------------
+What: V4L2 selections API target rectangle and flags unification, the
+ following definitions will be removed: V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP_ACTIVE,
+ V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE_ACTIVE, V4L2_SUBDEV_SEL_*, V4L2_SUBDEV_SEL_FLAG_*
+ in favor of common V4L2_SEL_TGT_* and V4L2_SEL_FLAG_* definitions.
+ For more details see include/linux/v4l2-common.h.
+When: 3.8
+Why: The regular V4L2 selections and the subdev selection API originally
+ defined distinct names for the target rectangles and flags - V4L2_SEL_*
+ and V4L2_SUBDEV_SEL_*. Although, it turned out that the meaning of these
+ target rectangles is virtually identical and the APIs were consolidated
+ to use single set of names - V4L2_SEL_*. This didn't involve any ABI
+ changes. Alias definitions were created for the original ones to avoid
+ any instabilities in the user space interface. After few cycles these
+ backward compatibility definitions will be removed.
+Who: Sylwester Nawrocki <sylvester.nawrocki@gmail.com>
+
+----------------------------
+
+What: Using V4L2_CAP_VIDEO_CAPTURE and V4L2_CAP_VIDEO_OUTPUT flags
+ to indicate a V4L2 memory-to-memory device capability
+When: 3.8
+Why: New drivers should use new V4L2_CAP_VIDEO_M2M capability flag
+ to indicate a V4L2 video memory-to-memory (M2M) device and
+ applications can now identify a M2M video device by checking
+ for V4L2_CAP_VIDEO_M2M, with VIDIOC_QUERYCAP ioctl. Using ORed
+ V4L2_CAP_VIDEO_CAPTURE and V4L2_CAP_VIDEO_OUTPUT flags for M2M
+ devices is ambiguous and may lead, for example, to identifying
+ a M2M device as a video capture or output device.
+Who: Sylwester Nawrocki <s.nawrocki@samsung.com>
+
+----------------------------
+
What: OMAP private DMA implementation
When: 2013
Why: We have a DMA engine implementation; all users should be updated
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