X-Git-Url: https://git.sur5r.net/?a=blobdiff_plain;ds=sidebyside;f=doc%2Ffeature-removal-schedule.txt;h=1c79c14a3b4f7e9e7f0b715a0d397241e6c56522;hb=ed53e4d6900e863ef971bb79b96c0cb6676f35d8;hp=e04ba2dda5a35f09479b26120ee18e63dbda66f4;hpb=d194837fc3042d943ba088fcc221d534330b2872;p=u-boot diff --git a/doc/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/doc/feature-removal-schedule.txt index e04ba2dda5..1c79c14a3b 100644 --- a/doc/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/doc/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -7,30 +7,42 @@ file. --------------------------- -What: Users of the legacy miiphy_* code -When: undetermined +What: Remove unused CONFIG_SYS_MEMTEST_START/END +When: Release v2013.10 -Why: We now have a PHY library, which allows everyone to share PHY - drivers. All new drivers should use this infrastructure, and - all old drivers should get converted to use it. +Why: As the 'mtest' command is no longer default, a number of platforms + have not opted to turn the command back on and thus provide unused + defines (which are likely to be propogated to new platforms from + copy/paste). Remove these defines when unused. -Who: Andy Fleming and driver maintainers +Who: Tom Rini --------------------------- -What: boards with xxx_config targets in top level Makefile -When: Release v2012.03 +What: Remove CONFIG_SYS_ENABLE_PADS_ALL and CONFIG_SYS_CLOCKS_ENABLE_ALL +When: Release v2013.07 + +Why: When set these options enable "all" of the pads and clocks found + on OMAP4/5 platforms, so that the Linux Kernel does not have to. + It has been agreed that this goes against the U-Boot design + philosophy and since f3f98bb0 we have not enabled more than is + used in U-Boot. The kernel has been updating drivers to enable + rather than assume pads/clocks have been enabled already. Our + expectation is that by v2013.07 a suitable kernel shall exist that + does not need these options set for a reasonable I/O set to function. + +Who: Tom Rini and Sricharan R -Why: We have a boards.cfg file which the vast majority of boards have - converted over to. Boards that still manually run mkconfig in the - top level Makefile are either dead, or the maintainer doesn't care, - or they are doing something weird/wrong that should be fixed in a - different way, or they need to extend boards.cfg syntax (unlikely). +--------------------------- + +What: Users of the legacy miiphy_* code +When: undetermined - In any case, if no one cares about these boards to figure out how - to make boards.cfg work, then we'll just punt them. +Why: We now have a PHY library, which allows everyone to share PHY + drivers. All new drivers should use this infrastructure, and + all old drivers should get converted to use it. -Who: Mike Frysinger +Who: Andy Fleming and driver maintainers ---------------------------