| The following is a list of files and features that are going to be |
| removed from the U-Boot source tree. Every entry should contain what |
| exactly is going away, when it will be gone, why it is being removed, |
| and who is going to be doing the work. When the feature is removed |
| from U-Boot, its corresponding entry should also be removed from this |
| file. |
| |
| --------------------------- |
| |
| What: CONFIG_NET_MULTI option |
| When: Release 2009-11 |
| |
| Why: U-boot currently implements two network driver APIs. New drivers with |
| the older-style implementation have not been accepted for a while, and |
| this parallel system makes the code confusing and hard to augment. |
| |
| All existing in-tree boards will be converted to use CONFIG_NET_MULTI |
| over the span of two releases (2009-07 and 2009-09). |
| In the 2009-11 release, all code that is compiled when CONFIG_NET_MULTI |
| is not set will be removed, and all references to CONFIG_NET_MULTI |
| will be removed, effectively making it the only API. This should |
| provide ample time for out-of-tree users to adjust, and for tools on |
| all architectures to be made to work with weak functions. |
| |
| Who: Ben Warren <biggerbadderben@gmail.com> |
| |
| --------------------------- |
| |
| What: "autoscr" command |
| When: Release 2009-09 |
| |
| Why: "autosrc" is an ugly and completely non-standard name. |
| The "autoscr" command is deprecated and will be replaced by |
| |
| the "source" command as used by other shells such as bash. |
| |
| Starting with March 2009, both commands will be supported for |
| a transition period of 6 months after which "autoscr" will be |
| removed. During the transition period existing scripts and |
| environment variable names remain untouched for maximum |
| compatibiltiy; thse will be changed when support for the |
| "autoscr" command get's finally dropped. |
| |
| Who: Peter Tyser <ptyser@xes-inc.com> |
| |
| --------------------------- |
| |
| What: GPL cleanup |
| When: August 2009 |
| Why: Over time, a couple of files have sneaked in into the U-Boot |
| source code that are either missing a valid GPL license |
| header or that carry a license that is incompatible with the |
| GPL. |
| Such files shall be removed from the U-Boot source tree. |
| See http://www.denx.de/wiki/pub/U-Boot/TaskGplCleanup/u-boot-1.1.2-files |
| for an old and probably incomplete list of such files. |
| |
| Who: Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de> and board maintainers |
