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+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 <biggerbadderben@gmail.com>
+
+---------------------------
+
+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 <wd@denx.de> and board maintainers