Re: many items in Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt have expired, please update

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 09:22:29PM +0800, rae l wrote:
> What:	old NCR53C9x driver
> When:	October 2007
> Why:	Replaced by the much better esp_scsi driver.  Actual low-level
> 	driver can be ported over almost trivially.
> Who:	David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 	Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>

This one is long gone, probably just needs a doc patch.

> 
> What:	remove EXPORT_SYMBOL(kernel_thread)
> When:	August 2006
> Files:	arch/*/kernel/*_ksyms.c
> Check:	kernel_thread
> Why:	kernel_thread is a low-level implementation detail.  Drivers should
>         use the <linux/kthread.h> API instead which shields them from
> 	implementation details and provides a higherlevel interface that
> 	prevents bugs and code duplication
> Who:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>

We still have in-kernel users of this one.  Feel free to send a patch
to change it to "once the last in-tree user is gone"

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