From: Samuel Ortiz Date: Mon, 7 May 2012 10:31:30 +0000 (+0200) Subject: feature-removal: Remove pn544 raw driver X-Git-Tag: v3.5-rc1~35^2~3^2~18^2~96 X-Git-Url: http://review.tizen.org/git/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=4333459fb71461b93d911cf5fbc5de4eb0ae3714;p=platform%2Fupstream%2Fkernel-adaptation-pc.git feature-removal: Remove pn544 raw driver The pn544_hci driver uses the kernel NFC APIs while pn544 does not. Moreover pn544 is outdated and not maintained. Signed-off-by: Samuel Ortiz Signed-off-by: John W. Linville --- diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index 03ca210..968ed08 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -534,6 +534,18 @@ Who: Kees Cook ---------------------------- +What: Removing the pn544 raw driver. +When: 3.6 +Why: With the introduction of the NFC HCI and SHDL kernel layers, pn544.c + is being replaced by pn544_hci.c which is accessible through the netlink + and socket NFC APIs. Moreover, pn544.c is outdated and does not seem to + work properly with the latest Android stacks. + Having 2 drivers for the same hardware is confusing and as such we + should only keep the one following the kernel NFC APIs. +Who: Samuel Ortiz + +---------------------------- + What: setitimer accepts user NULL pointer (value) When: 3.6 Why: setitimer is not returning -EFAULT if user pointer is NULL. This