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:   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
  29 What:   GPL cleanup
  30 When:   August 2009
  31 Why:    Over time, a couple of files have sneaked in into the U-Boot
  32         source code that are either missing a valid GPL license
  33         header or that carry a license that is incompatible with the
  34         GPL.
  35         Such files shall be removed from the U-Boot source tree.
  36         See http://www.denx.de/wiki/pub/U-Boot/TaskGplCleanup/u-boot-1.1.2-files
  37         for an old and probably incomplete list of such files.
  38
  39 Who:    Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de> and board maintainers