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DateThu, 31 Jan 2008 20:53:44 -0800
FromArjan van de Ven <>
SubjectRe: Feature Removals for 2.6.25
> 
> ---------------------------
> 
> 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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