linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] docs: ramdisk/initrd/initramfs corrections

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0708311019270.8965@localhost.localdomain>
Date:	Fri, 31 Aug 2007 10:20:40 -0400 (EDT)
From:	"Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@...dspring.com>
To:	Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
cc:	Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>,
	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	akpm <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, bos@...pentine.com,
	werner@...esberger.net, hpa@...or.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: ramdisk/initrd/initramfs corrections

On Fri, 31 Aug 2007, Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu wrote:

> On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 18:36:48 CDT, Rob Landley said:
>
> > Could you mention it in feature-removal-schedule.txt?  (People check that for
> > warning of upcoming changes that impact existing code.  They may not notice
> > something elsewhere after they've got it working...)
> >
> > (Also, sorting feature-removal-schedule.txt by date would be really nice.  The
> > sucker's gotten huge...)
>
> Maybe it's time we actually start heaving stuff over the side, especially
> that stuff that the removal date has gone by?
>
> What:   dev->power.power_state
> When:   July 2007
> What:   Video4Linux API 1 ioctls and video_decoder.h from Video devices.
> When:   December 2006
> What:   remove EXPORT_SYMBOL(kernel_thread)
> When:   August 2006
> What:   CONFIG_FORCED_INLINING
> When:   June 2006
> What:   eepro100 network driver
> When:   January 2007

some of that has already been discussed and postponed slightly, like
the eepro100 stuff:

http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=118827478527526&w=2

but some of the rest is definitely overdue.

rday
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