diff --git a/include/media/AudioRecord.h b/include/media/AudioRecord.h
index f70d981..50841a6 100644
--- a/include/media/AudioRecord.h
+++ b/include/media/AudioRecord.h
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@
      *  - BAD_VALUE: unsupported configuration
      * frameCount is guaranteed to be non-zero if status is NO_ERROR,
      * and is undefined otherwise.
+     * FIXME This API assumes a route, and so should be deprecated.
      */
 
      static status_t getMinFrameCount(size_t* frameCount,
diff --git a/include/media/AudioSystem.h b/include/media/AudioSystem.h
index 2ab3dd6..ba63065 100644
--- a/include/media/AudioSystem.h
+++ b/include/media/AudioSystem.h
@@ -98,10 +98,13 @@
 
     // Returned samplingRate and frameCount output values are guaranteed
     // to be non-zero if status == NO_ERROR
+    // FIXME This API assumes a route, and so should be deprecated.
     static status_t getOutputSamplingRate(uint32_t* samplingRate,
             audio_stream_type_t stream);
+    // FIXME This API assumes a route, and so should be deprecated.
     static status_t getOutputFrameCount(size_t* frameCount,
             audio_stream_type_t stream);
+    // FIXME This API assumes a route, and so should be deprecated.
     static status_t getOutputLatency(uint32_t* latency,
             audio_stream_type_t stream);
     static status_t getSamplingRate(audio_io_handle_t output,
@@ -116,6 +119,7 @@
                                uint32_t* latency);
 
     // return status NO_ERROR implies *buffSize > 0
+    // FIXME This API assumes a route, and so should deprecated.
     static status_t getInputBufferSize(uint32_t sampleRate, audio_format_t format,
         audio_channel_mask_t channelMask, size_t* buffSize);
 
diff --git a/include/media/IAudioFlinger.h b/include/media/IAudioFlinger.h
index 31a14f0..c51e2f0 100644
--- a/include/media/IAudioFlinger.h
+++ b/include/media/IAudioFlinger.h
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@
     virtual void registerClient(const sp<IAudioFlingerClient>& client) = 0;
 
     // retrieve the audio recording buffer size
+    // FIXME This API assumes a route, and so should be deprecated.
     virtual size_t getInputBufferSize(uint32_t sampleRate, audio_format_t format,
             audio_channel_mask_t channelMask) const = 0;