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Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2006 00:21:17 +0000 From: Richard Purdie <rpurdie@...ys.net> To: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@...ightbb.com> Cc: linux-input@...ey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, James Simmons <jsimmons@...radead.org> Subject: Schedule tsdev.c for removal Schedule drivers/input/tsdev.c for removal, nobody should be using this anymore. See the patch for details. Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <rpurdie@...ys.net> Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) Index: git/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt =================================================================== --- git.orig/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt 2006-12-16 21:44:40.000000000 +0000 +++ git/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt 2006-12-17 00:15:03.000000000 +0000 @@ -256,3 +256,17 @@ Why: Speedstep-centrino driver with ACPI Who: Venkatesh Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@...el.com> --------------------------- + +What: Compaq touchscreen device emulation +When: March 2007 +Files: drivers/input/tsdev.c +Why: The code says it was obsolete when it was written in 2001. + tslib is a userspace library which does anything tsdev can do and + much more besides in userspace where this code belongs. There is no + longer any need for tsdev and applications should have converted to + use tslib by now. + The name "tsdev" is also extremely confusing and lots of people have + it loaded when they don't need/use it. +Who: Richard Purdie <rpurdie@...ys.net> + +--------------------------- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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