Re: [PATCH] docs: kernel-parameters: Remove smsc-ircc2 IrDA parameters

From: Randy Dunlap

Date: Sun Aug 02 2026 - 11:02:16 EST




On 8/2/26 7:11 AM, Anuj Bolewar via B4 Relay wrote:
> From: Anuj Bolewar <bolewara@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> The smsc-ircc2 module parameters reference drivers/net/irda/
> smsc-ircc2.c, which was removed along with the entire IrDA stack in
> commit d64c2a76123f ("staging: irda: remove the irda network stack
> and drivers").
>
> Signed-off-by: Anuj Bolewar <bolewara@xxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Thanks.

> ---
> The IrDA stack and drivers were removed from the kernel in commit
> d64c2a76123f ("staging: irda: remove the irda network stack and
> drivers"). Remove the now-obsolete smsc-ircc2 module parameters from
> the kernel parameter documentation.
> ---
> Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 11 -----------
> 1 file changed, 11 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> index b5493a7f8f2..72afae6ea85 100644
> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> @@ -7006,17 +7006,6 @@ Kernel parameters
> take as long as they take. Specifying 300,000
> for this value provides a 5-minute timeout.
>
> - smsc-ircc2.nopnp [HW] Don't use PNP to discover SMC devices
> - smsc-ircc2.ircc_cfg= [HW] Device configuration I/O port
> - smsc-ircc2.ircc_sir= [HW] SIR base I/O port
> - smsc-ircc2.ircc_fir= [HW] FIR base I/O port
> - smsc-ircc2.ircc_irq= [HW] IRQ line
> - smsc-ircc2.ircc_dma= [HW] DMA channel
> - smsc-ircc2.ircc_transceiver= [HW] Transceiver type:
> - 0: Toshiba Satellite 1800 (GP data pin select)
> - 1: Fast pin select (default)
> - 2: ATC IRMode
> -
> smt= [KNL,MIPS,S390,EARLY] Set the maximum number of threads
> (logical CPUs) to use per physical CPU on systems
> capable of symmetric multithreading (SMT). Will
>
> ---
> base-commit: 2d2338c93da79b3bfe4b6099a931d9468d539952
> change-id: 20260802-docs-remove-smsc-ircc2-params-ac9b4fef1443
>
> Best regards,
> --
> Anuj Bolewar <bolewara@xxxxxxxxx>
>
>
>

--
~Randy