Re: [PATCH] add feature-removal-schedule.txt documentation

From: Randy.Dunlap
Date: Fri Jan 07 2005 - 12:48:28 EST


Greg KH wrote:
On Thu, Jan 06, 2005 at 03:26:21PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:

Which begs the question "how do we ever get rid of these things when we
have no projected date for Linux-2.8"?

I'd propose:

a) Create Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt which describes
things which are going away, when, why, who is involved, etc.

Ok, I'll bite, here's a patch that does just that. Look good?

Brodo, can you add a little more info to this, please?

---
Add 2.4.x cpufreq /proc and sysctl interface removal
to the feature-removal-schedule.

Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rddunlap@xxxxxxxx>

diffstat:=
Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 9 +++++++++
1 files changed, 9 insertions(+)

---
diff -Naurp ./Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt~cpufreq ./Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
--- ./Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt~cpufreq 2005-01-07 08:48:26.568969672 -0800
+++ ./Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt 2005-01-07 08:55:50.658457808 -0800
@@ -15,3 +15,12 @@ Why: It has been unmaintained for a numb
against the LSB, and can be replaced by using udev.
Who: Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@xxxxxxxxx>

+---------------------------
+
+What: /proc/sys/cpu and the sysctl interface to cpufreq (2.4.x interfaces)
+When: January 2005
+Files: drivers/cpufreq/: cpufreq_userspace.c, proc_intf.c
+ function calls throughout the kernel tree
+Why: Deprecated, has been replaced/superseded by (what?)....
+Who: Dominik Brodowski <linux@xxxxxxxx>
+