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

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Message-ID: <20080320132543.GA11149@lst.de>
Date:	Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:25:43 +0100
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:	rae l <crquan@...il.com>
Cc:	Pavel Machek <pavel@...e.cz>, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
	Dominik Brodowski <linux@...do.de>,
	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...ux.intel.com>,
	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>, Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>,
	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 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@...emloft.net>
> 	Christoph Hellwig <hch@....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@....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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