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Peter Tyser5fc56b92009-01-30 16:36:40 -06001The following is a list of files and features that are going to be
2removed from the U-Boot source tree. Every entry should contain what
3exactly is going away, when it will be gone, why it is being removed,
4and who is going to be doing the work. When the feature is removed
5from U-Boot, its corresponding entry should also be removed from this
6file.
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Ben Warrenc404cc52009-04-28 17:04:51 -070010What: CONFIG_NET_MULTI option
11When: Release 2009-11
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13Why: 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.
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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.
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25Who: Ben Warren <biggerbadderben@gmail.com>
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Peter Tyser5fc56b92009-01-30 16:36:40 -060029What: "autoscr" command
Wolfgang Denk74de7ae2009-04-01 23:34:12 +020030When: Release 2009-09
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32Why: "autosrc" is an ugly and completely non-standard name.
Wolfgang Denkc0a14ae2009-04-05 00:27:57 +020033 The "autoscr" command is deprecated and will be replaced by
Wolfgang Denk74de7ae2009-04-01 23:34:12 +020034
Wolfgang Denkc0a14ae2009-04-05 00:27:57 +020035 the "source" command as used by other shells such as bash.
Wolfgang Denk74de7ae2009-04-01 23:34:12 +020036
Wolfgang Denkc0a14ae2009-04-05 00:27:57 +020037 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 Denk74de7ae2009-04-01 23:34:12 +020043
Peter Tyser5fc56b92009-01-30 16:36:40 -060044Who: Peter Tyser <ptyser@xes-inc.com>
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Wolfgang Denk78237df2009-04-02 17:31:09 +020048What: GPL cleanup
49When: August 2009
50Why: 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
58Who: Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de> and board maintainers
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Peter Tyser5fc56b92009-01-30 16:36:40 -060062What: Legacy NAND code
63When: April 2009
64Why: Legacy NAND code is deprecated. Similar functionality exists in
65 more recent NAND code ported from the Linux kernel.
66Who: Scott Wood <scottwood@freescale.com>