Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:25:43 +0100 | From | Christoph Hellwig <> | Subject | Re: many items in Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt have expired, please update |
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On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 09:22:29PM +0800, rae l wrote: > What: old NCR53C9x driver > When: October 2007 > Why: Replaced by the much better esp_scsi driver. Actual low-level > driver can be ported over almost trivially. > Who: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> > Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
This one is long gone, probably just needs a doc patch.
> > What: remove EXPORT_SYMBOL(kernel_thread) > When: August 2006 > Files: arch/*/kernel/*_ksyms.c > Check: kernel_thread > Why: kernel_thread is a low-level implementation detail. Drivers should > use the <linux/kthread.h> API instead which shields them from > implementation details and provides a higherlevel interface that > prevents bugs and code duplication > Who: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
We still have in-kernel users of this one. Feel free to send a patch to change it to "once the last in-tree user is gone"
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