The following is a list of files and features that are going to be removed from the U-Boot source tree. Every entry should contain what exactly is going away, when it will be gone, why it is being removed, and who is going to be doing the work. When the feature is removed from U-Boot, its corresponding entry should also be removed from this file. --------------------------- What: CONFIG_NET_MULTI option When: Release 2009-11 Why: U-boot currently implements two network driver APIs. New drivers with the older-style implementation have not been accepted for a while, and this parallel system makes the code confusing and hard to augment. All existing in-tree boards will be converted to use CONFIG_NET_MULTI over the span of two releases (2009-07 and 2009-09). In the 2009-11 release, all code that is compiled when CONFIG_NET_MULTI is not set will be removed, and all references to CONFIG_NET_MULTI will be removed, effectively making it the only API. This should provide ample time for out-of-tree users to adjust, and for tools on all architectures to be made to work with weak functions. Who: Ben Warren --------------------------- What: "autoscr" command When: Release 2009-09 Why: "autosrc" is an ugly and completely non-standard name. The "autoscr" command is deprecated and will be replaced by the "source" command as used by other shells such as bash. Starting with March 2009, both commands will be supported for a transition period of 6 months after which "autoscr" will be removed. During the transition period existing scripts and environment variable names remain untouched for maximum compatibiltiy; thse will be changed when support for the "autoscr" command get's finally dropped. Who: Peter Tyser --------------------------- What: GPL cleanup When: August 2009 Why: Over time, a couple of files have sneaked in into the U-Boot source code that are either missing a valid GPL license header or that carry a license that is incompatible with the GPL. Such files shall be removed from the U-Boot source tree. See http://www.denx.de/wiki/pub/U-Boot/TaskGplCleanup/u-boot-1.1.2-files for an old and probably incomplete list of such files. Who: Wolfgang Denk and board maintainers --------------------------- What: Legacy NAND code When: April 2009 Why: Legacy NAND code is deprecated. Similar functionality exists in more recent NAND code ported from the Linux kernel. Who: Scott Wood