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