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ieee1394: schedule unused symbol exports for removal

This also means that former parts of ieee1394's API will be subject to
change or removal.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
Stefan Richter 18 年之前
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共有 2 個文件被更改,包括 9 次插入7 次删除
  1. 7 0
      Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
  2. 2 7
      drivers/ieee1394/Kconfig

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Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt

@@ -50,6 +50,13 @@ Who:	Dan Dennedy <dan@dennedy.org>, Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
 
 
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+What:	ieee1394 core's unused exports (CONFIG_IEEE1394_EXPORT_FULL_API)
+When:	January 2007
+Why:	There are no projects known to use these exported symbols.
+Who:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
+
+---------------------------
+
 What:	Video4Linux API 1 ioctls and video_decoder.h from Video devices.
 What:	Video4Linux API 1 ioctls and video_decoder.h from Video devices.
 When:	December 2006
 When:	December 2006
 Why:	V4L1 AP1 was replaced by V4L2 API. during migration from 2.4 to 2.6
 Why:	V4L1 AP1 was replaced by V4L2 API. during migration from 2.4 to 2.6

+ 2 - 7
drivers/ieee1394/Kconfig

@@ -67,16 +67,11 @@ config IEEE1394_CONFIG_ROM_IP1394
 	  eth1394 option below.
 	  eth1394 option below.
 
 
 config IEEE1394_EXPORT_FULL_API
 config IEEE1394_EXPORT_FULL_API
-	bool "Export all symbols of ieee1394's API"
+	bool "Export all symbols of ieee1394's API (deprecated)"
 	depends on IEEE1394
 	depends on IEEE1394
 	default n
 	default n
 	help
 	help
-	  Export all symbols of ieee1394's driver programming interface, even
-	  those that are not currently used by the standard IEEE 1394 drivers.
-
-	  This option does not affect the interface to userspace applications.
-	  Say Y here if you want to compile externally developed drivers that
-	  make extended use of ieee1394's API. It is otherwise safe to say N.
+	  This option will be removed soon.  Don't worry, say N.
 
 
 comment "Device Drivers"
 comment "Device Drivers"
 	depends on IEEE1394
 	depends on IEEE1394