[PATCH 2/2] char/mem: Schedule /dev/port for removal

[Adam Jackson]

Signed-off-by: Adam Jackson <ajax@xxxxxxxxxx>
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 Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt |   13 +++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
index a0ffac0..c8504f0 100644
--- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -524,3 +524,16 @@ Files:	arch/arm/mach-at91/at91cap9.c
 Why:	The code is not actively maintained and platforms are now hard to find.
 Who:	Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@xxxxxxxxx>
 	Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD <plagnioj@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
+
+----------------------------
+
+What:	/dev/port
+When:	February 2013
+Files:	drivers/char/mem.c
+Why:	This interface does not match either ISA or PCI semantics for I/O
+	port access.  Regardless of the cycle size requested by userspace
+	/dev/port will emit byte-wide reads or writes, which is wrong
+	since devices may not allow byte access or may have side effects
+	when doing byte access to word or dword registers.  Use /dev/io
+	instead.
+Who:	Adam Jackson <ajax@xxxxxxxxxx>
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