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| author | Samuel Ortiz <sameo@linux.intel.com> | 2012-05-07 12:31:30 +0200 |
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| committer | John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> | 2012-05-15 17:31:22 -0400 |
| commit | 4333459fb71461b93d911cf5fbc5de4eb0ae3714 (patch) | |
| tree | 01872afd95d1c1ac132896e53a48316b4d98200c /Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | |
| parent | bbed0deefbb4bb1ab09e0dbc29e00fda86bb7838 (diff) | |
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feature-removal: Remove pn544 raw driver
The pn544_hci driver uses the kernel NFC APIs while pn544 does not.
Moreover pn544 is outdated and not maintained.
Signed-off-by: Samuel Ortiz <sameo@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index 03ca210406ed..968ed08f0aad 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -534,6 +534,18 @@ Who: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> ---------------------------- +What: Removing the pn544 raw driver. +When: 3.6 +Why: With the introduction of the NFC HCI and SHDL kernel layers, pn544.c + is being replaced by pn544_hci.c which is accessible through the netlink + and socket NFC APIs. Moreover, pn544.c is outdated and does not seem to + work properly with the latest Android stacks. + Having 2 drivers for the same hardware is confusing and as such we + should only keep the one following the kernel NFC APIs. +Who: Samuel Ortiz <sameo@linux.intel.com> + +---------------------------- + What: setitimer accepts user NULL pointer (value) When: 3.6 Why: setitimer is not returning -EFAULT if user pointer is NULL. This |