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| author | Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@kroah.com> | 2005-01-06 23:24:29 -0800 |
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| committer | Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@kroah.com> | 2005-01-06 23:24:29 -0800 |
| commit | a37f54497af4a8702c82f627a13ad82139dea051 (patch) | |
| tree | 57eccf806ebdda3629e37aad5ae71f524506fd93 /Documentation | |
| parent | fbd0638a4dae4da76a045b4916eb09db6eb80fb7 (diff) | |
| download | history-a37f54497af4a8702c82f627a13ad82139dea051.tar.gz | |
[PATCH] add feature-removal-schedule.txt documentation
Add Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt as a way to notify
everyone when and what is going to be removed.
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@kroah.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 17 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000000000..2da4a39e5a3160 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +The following is a list of files and features that are going to be +removed in the kernel source tree. Every entry should contain what +exactly is going away, why it is happening, and who is going to be doing +the work. When the feature is removed from the kernel, it should also +be removed from this file. + +--------------------------- + +What: devfs +When: July 2005 +Files: fs/devfs/*, include/linux/devfs_fs*.h and assorted devfs + function calls throughout the kernel tree +Why: It has been unmaintained for a number of years, has unfixable + races, contains a naming policy within the kernel that is + against the LSB, and can be replaced by using udev. +Who: Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@kroah.com> + |