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SubjectRe: Feature Removals for 2.6.25
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> What: CONFIG_FORCED_INLINING
> When: June 2006
> Why: Config option is there to see if gcc is good enough. (in january
> 2006). If it is, the behavior should just be the default. If it's not,
> the option should just go away entirely.
> Who: Arjan van de Ven
>
> Patch submitted to Arjan, maybe 2.6.25?

Ingo picked it up, but no rush for .25, .26 is fine for this as well

>
> What: Unused EXPORT_SYMBOL/EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL exports
> (temporary transition config option provided until then)
> The transition config option will also be removed at the same time.
> When: before 2.6.19
> Why: Unused symbols are both increasing the size of the kernel binary
> and are often a sign of "wrong API"
> Who: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com>

this is an ongoing work; symbols get marked unused and then garbage collected
when they're due; for example akpm has several of that kind in his pile right now


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