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-What: I2C interface of the it87 driver
-When: January 2007
-Why: The ISA interface is faster and should be always available. The I2C
- probing is also known to cause trouble in at least one case (see
- bug #5889.)
-Who: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
-
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-
What: Unused EXPORT_SYMBOL/EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL exports
(temporary transition config option provided until then)
The transition config option will also be removed at the same time.
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-What: i2c-ite and i2c-algo-ite drivers
-When: September 2006
-Why: These drivers never compiled since they were added to the kernel
- tree 5 years ago. This feature removal can be reevaluated if
- someone shows interest in the drivers, fixes them and takes over
- maintenance.
- http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-mips&m=115040510817448
-Who: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
-
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-
What: Bridge netfilter deferred IPv4/IPv6 output hook calling
When: January 2007
Why: The deferred output hooks are a layering violation causing unusual
Who: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
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+
+What: ACPI hooks (X86_SPEEDSTEP_CENTRINO_ACPI) in speedstep-centrino driver
+When: December 2006
+Why: Speedstep-centrino driver with ACPI hooks and acpi-cpufreq driver are
+ functionally very much similar. They talk to ACPI in same way. Only
+ difference between them is the way they do frequency transitions.
+ One uses MSRs and the other one uses IO ports. Functionaliy of
+ speedstep_centrino with ACPI hooks is now merged into acpi-cpufreq.
+ That means one common driver will support all Intel Enhanced Speedstep
+ capable CPUs. That means less confusion over name of
+ speedstep-centrino driver (with that driver supposed to be used on
+ non-centrino platforms). That means less duplication of code and
+ less maintenance effort and no possibility of these two drivers
+ going out of sync.
+ Current users of speedstep_centrino with ACPI hooks are requested to
+ switch over to acpi-cpufreq driver. speedstep-centrino will continue
+ to work using older non-ACPI static table based scheme even after this
+ date.
+
+Who: Venkatesh Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com>
+
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