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SubjectRe: many items in Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt have expired, please update
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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