| Peter Tyser | 5fc56b9 | 2009-01-30 16:36:40 -0600 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | The following is a list of files and features that are going to be |
| 2 | removed from the U-Boot source tree. Every entry should contain what |
| 3 | exactly is going away, when it will be gone, why it is being removed, |
| 4 | and who is going to be doing the work. When the feature is removed |
| 5 | from U-Boot, its corresponding entry should also be removed from this |
| 6 | file. |
| 7 | |
| 8 | --------------------------- |
| 9 | |
| Ben Warren | c404cc5 | 2009-04-28 17:04:51 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 10 | What: CONFIG_NET_MULTI option |
| 11 | When: Release 2009-11 |
| 12 | |
| 13 | Why: U-boot currently implements two network driver APIs. New drivers with |
| 14 | the older-style implementation have not been accepted for a while, and |
| 15 | this parallel system makes the code confusing and hard to augment. |
| 16 | |
| 17 | All existing in-tree boards will be converted to use CONFIG_NET_MULTI |
| 18 | over the span of two releases (2009-07 and 2009-09). |
| 19 | In the 2009-11 release, all code that is compiled when CONFIG_NET_MULTI |
| 20 | is not set will be removed, and all references to CONFIG_NET_MULTI |
| 21 | will be removed, effectively making it the only API. This should |
| 22 | provide ample time for out-of-tree users to adjust, and for tools on |
| 23 | all architectures to be made to work with weak functions. |
| 24 | |
| 25 | Who: Ben Warren <biggerbadderben@gmail.com> |
| 26 | |
| 27 | --------------------------- |
| 28 | |
| Peter Tyser | 5fc56b9 | 2009-01-30 16:36:40 -0600 | [diff] [blame] | 29 | What: "autoscr" command |
| Wolfgang Denk | 74de7ae | 2009-04-01 23:34:12 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 30 | When: Release 2009-09 |
| 31 | |
| 32 | Why: "autosrc" is an ugly and completely non-standard name. |
| Wolfgang Denk | c0a14ae | 2009-04-05 00:27:57 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 33 | The "autoscr" command is deprecated and will be replaced by |
| Wolfgang Denk | 74de7ae | 2009-04-01 23:34:12 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 34 | |
| Wolfgang Denk | c0a14ae | 2009-04-05 00:27:57 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 35 | the "source" command as used by other shells such as bash. |
| Wolfgang Denk | 74de7ae | 2009-04-01 23:34:12 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 36 | |
| Wolfgang Denk | c0a14ae | 2009-04-05 00:27:57 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 37 | Starting with March 2009, both commands will be supported for |
| 38 | a transition period of 6 months after which "autoscr" will be |
| 39 | removed. During the transition period existing scripts and |
| 40 | environment variable names remain untouched for maximum |
| 41 | compatibiltiy; thse will be changed when support for the |
| 42 | "autoscr" command get's finally dropped. |
| Wolfgang Denk | 74de7ae | 2009-04-01 23:34:12 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 43 | |
| Peter Tyser | 5fc56b9 | 2009-01-30 16:36:40 -0600 | [diff] [blame] | 44 | Who: Peter Tyser <ptyser@xes-inc.com> |
| 45 | |
| 46 | --------------------------- |
| 47 | |
| Wolfgang Denk | 78237df | 2009-04-02 17:31:09 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 48 | What: GPL cleanup |
| 49 | When: August 2009 |
| 50 | Why: Over time, a couple of files have sneaked in into the U-Boot |
| 51 | source code that are either missing a valid GPL license |
| 52 | header or that carry a license that is incompatible with the |
| 53 | GPL. |
| 54 | Such files shall be removed from the U-Boot source tree. |
| 55 | See http://www.denx.de/wiki/pub/U-Boot/TaskGplCleanup/u-boot-1.1.2-files |
| 56 | for an old and probably incomplete list of such files. |
| 57 | |
| 58 | Who: Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de> and board maintainers |