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  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. What: "autoscr" command
  9. When: Release 2009-09
  10. Why: "autosrc" is an ugly and completely non-standard name.
  11. The "autoscr" command is deprecated and will be replaced by
  12. the "source" command as used by other shells such as bash.
  13. Starting with March 2009, both commands will be supported for
  14. a transition period of 6 months after which "autoscr" will be
  15. removed. During the transition period existing scripts and
  16. environment variable names remain untouched for maximum
  17. compatibiltiy; thse will be changed when support for the
  18. "autoscr" command get's finally dropped.
  19. Who: Peter Tyser <ptyser@xes-inc.com>
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  21. What: GPL cleanup
  22. When: August 2009
  23. Why: Over time, a couple of files have sneaked in into the U-Boot
  24. source code that are either missing a valid GPL license
  25. header or that carry a license that is incompatible with the
  26. GPL.
  27. Such files shall be removed from the U-Boot source tree.
  28. See http://www.denx.de/wiki/pub/U-Boot/TaskGplCleanup/u-boot-1.1.2-files
  29. for an old and probably incomplete list of such files.
  30. Who: Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de> and board maintainers
  31. ---------------------------
  32. What: Individual I2C commands
  33. When: April 2009
  34. Why: Per the U-Boot README, individual I2C commands such as "imd", "imm",
  35. "imw", etc are deprecated. The single "i2c" command which is
  36. currently enabled via CONFIG_I2C_CMD_TREE contains the same
  37. functionality as the individual I2C commands. The individual
  38. I2C commands should be removed as well as any references to
  39. CONFIG_I2C_CMD_TREE.
  40. Who: Peter Tyser <ptyser@xes-inc.com>
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  42. What: Legacy NAND code
  43. When: April 2009
  44. Why: Legacy NAND code is deprecated. Similar functionality exists in
  45. more recent NAND code ported from the Linux kernel.
  46. Who: Scott Wood <scottwood@freescale.com>