1 The following is a list of files and features that are going to be
2 removed from the U-Boot source tree. Every entry should contain what
3 exactly is going away, when it will be gone, why it is being removed,
4 and who is going to be doing the work. When the feature is removed
5 from U-Boot, its corresponding entry should also be removed from this
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10 What: "autoscr" command
12 Why: "autosrc" is an ugly and completely non-standard name. The "autoscr"
13 command is deprecated and will be replaced the "source" command as
14 used by other shells such as bash. Both commands will be supported
15 for a transition period of 6 months after which "autoscr" will be
17 Who: Peter Tyser <ptyser@xes-inc.com>
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23 Why: Over time, a couple of files have sneaked in into the U-Boot
24 source code that are either missing a valid GPL license
25 header or that carry a license that is incompatible with the
27 Such files shall be removed from the U-Boot source tree.
28 See http://www.denx.de/wiki/pub/U-Boot/TaskGplCleanup/u-boot-1.1.2-files
29 for an old and probably incomplete list of such files.
31 Who: Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de> and board maintainers
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35 What: Individual I2C commands
37 Why: Per the U-Boot README, individual I2C commands such as "imd", "imm",
38 "imw", etc are deprecated. The single "i2c" command which is
39 currently enabled via CONFIG_I2C_CMD_TREE contains the same
40 functionality as the individual I2C commands. The individual
41 I2C commands should be removed as well as any references to
43 Who: Peter Tyser <ptyser@xes-inc.com>
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47 What: Legacy NAND code
49 Why: Legacy NAND code is deprecated. Similar functionality exists in
50 more recent NAND code ported from the Linux kernel.
51 Who: Scott Wood <scottwood@freescale.com>