[PATCH 1/2] dgrs: remove from build, config, and maintainer list

From: Nathanael Nerode
Date: Wed Sep 12 2007 - 03:39:53 EST


From: Nathanael Nerode

Stop building and configuring driver for Digi RightSwitch, which was
never actually sold to anyone, and remove it from MAINTAINERS.

In response to an investigation into the firmware of the "Digi Rightswitch"
driver, Andres Salomon discovered:
>
> Dear Andres:
>
> After further research, we found that this product was killed in place
> and never reached the market. We would like to request that this not be
> included.

Since the product never reached market, clearly nobody is using this orphaned
driver.

Signed-off-by: Nathanael Nerode <neroden@xxxxxxxxxxx>

---

This is patch 1 of 2 for removing the "Digi Rightswitch" (dgrs).

Patch 2 would be the patch to remove the actual files. However, that would
be around 400K, which doesn't seem suitable for a mailing list -- and this
length seems quite unnecessary, given that it would consist solely of full-file
deletions. I'm not quite sure what to do about this. Please advise.

These are the files to be deleted:
./Documentation/networking/dgrs.txt
./drivers/net/dgrs.c
./drivers/net/dgrs.h
./drivers/net/dgrs_asstruct.h
./drivers/net/dgrs_bcomm.h
./drivers/net/dgrs_es4h.h
./drivers/net/dgrs_ether.h
./drivers/net/dgrs_firmware.c (this is the very large one)
./drivers/net/dgrs_i82596.h
./drivers/net/dgrs_plx9060.h

diff -upr linux-2.6.22.6/drivers/net/Kconfig linux-2.6-deleted/drivers/net/Kconfig
--- linux-2.6.22.6/drivers/net/Kconfig 2007-08-31 02:21:01.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.6-deleted/drivers/net/Kconfig 2007-09-12 03:28:11.000000000 -0400
@@ -1447,21 +1447,6 @@ config TC35815
depends on NET_PCI && PCI && MIPS
select MII

-config DGRS
- tristate "Digi Intl. RightSwitch SE-X support"
- depends on NET_PCI && (PCI || EISA)
- ---help---
- This is support for the Digi International RightSwitch series of
- PCI/EISA Ethernet switch cards. These include the SE-4 and the SE-6
- models. If you have a network card of this type, say Y and read the
- Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
- <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. More specific
- information is contained in <file:Documentation/networking/dgrs.txt>.
-
- To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read
- <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module
- will be called dgrs.
-
config EEPRO100
tristate "EtherExpressPro/100 support (eepro100, original Becker driver)"
depends on NET_PCI && PCI
diff -upr linux-2.6.22.6/drivers/net/Makefile linux-2.6-deleted/drivers/net/Makefile
--- linux-2.6.22.6/drivers/net/Makefile 2007-08-31 02:21:01.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.6-deleted/drivers/net/Makefile 2007-09-12 03:28:31.000000000 -0400
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_CASSINI) += cassini.o
obj-$(CONFIG_MACE) += mace.o
obj-$(CONFIG_BMAC) += bmac.o

-obj-$(CONFIG_DGRS) += dgrs.o
obj-$(CONFIG_VORTEX) += 3c59x.o
obj-$(CONFIG_TYPHOON) += typhoon.o
obj-$(CONFIG_NE2K_PCI) += ne2k-pci.o 8390.o
diff -upr linux-2.6.22.6/MAINTAINERS linux-2.6-deleted/MAINTAINERS
--- linux-2.6.22.6/MAINTAINERS 2007-08-31 02:21:01.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.6-deleted/MAINTAINERS 2007-09-12 03:27:26.000000000 -0400
@@ -1234,12 +1234,6 @@ L: Eng.Linux@xxxxxxxx
W: http://www.digi.com
S: Orphaned

-DIGI RIGHTSWITCH NETWORK DRIVER
-P: Rick Richardson
-L: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
-W: http://www.digi.com
-S: Orphaned
-
DIRECTORY NOTIFICATION
P: Stephen Rothwell
M: sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

--
Nathanael Nerode <neroden@xxxxxxxxxxx>

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