doc/feature-removal-schedule.txt

   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
  10 What:   Remove CONFIG_CMD_MEMTEST from default list
  11 When:   Release v2013.07
  12
  13 Why:    The "mtest" command is of little practical use (if any), and
  14         experience has shown that a large number of board configu-
  15         rations define useless or even dangerous start and end
  16         addresses.  If not even the board maintainers are able to
  17         figure out which memory range can be reliably tested, how can
  18         we expect such from the end users?  As this problem comes up
  19         repeatedly, we rather do not enable this command by default,
  20         so only people who know what they are doing will be confronted
  21         with it.
  22
  23 Who:    Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>
  24
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  26
  27 What:   Remove CONFIG_SYS_ENABLE_PADS_ALL and CONFIG_SYS_CLOCKS_ENABLE_ALL
  28 When:   Release v2013.07
  29
  30 Why:    When set these options enable "all" of the pads and clocks found
  31         on OMAP4/5 platforms, so that the Linux Kernel does not have to.
  32         It has been agreed that this goes against the U-Boot design
  33         philosophy and since f3f98bb0 we have not enabled more than is
  34         used in U-Boot.  The kernel has been updating drivers to enable
  35         rather than assume pads/clocks have been enabled already.  Our
  36         expectation is that by v2013.07 a suitable kernel shall exist that
  37         does not need these options set for a reasonable I/O set to function.
  38
  39 Who:    Tom Rini <trini@ti.com> and Sricharan R <r.sricharan@ti.com>
  40
  41 ---------------------------
  42
  43 What:   Users of the legacy miiphy_* code
  44 When:   undetermined
  45
  46 Why:    We now have a PHY library, which allows everyone to share PHY
  47         drivers. All new drivers should use this infrastructure, and
  48         all old drivers should get converted to use it.
  49
  50 Who:    Andy Fleming <afleming@freescale.com> and driver maintainers
  51
  52 ---------------------------
  53
  54 What:   GPL cleanup
  55 When:   August 2009
  56 Why:    Over time, a couple of files have sneaked in into the U-Boot
  57         source code that are either missing a valid GPL license
  58         header or that carry a license that is incompatible with the
  59         GPL.
  60         Such files shall be removed from the U-Boot source tree.
  61         See http://www.denx.de/wiki/pub/U-Boot/TaskGplCleanup/u-boot-1.1.2-files
  62         for an old and probably incomplete list of such files.
  63
  64 Who:    Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de> and board maintainers