Bad MAINTAINERS pattern in section 'IPX NETWORK LAYER'
From: Joe Perches
Date: Fri Sep 28 2018 - 17:53:49 EST
Please fix this defect appropriately.
linux-next MAINTAINERS section:
7639 IPX NETWORK LAYER
7640 L: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
7641 S: Obsolete
7642 F: include/uapi/linux/ipx.h
--> 7643 F: drivers/staging/ipx/
Commit that introduced this:
commit e02554e9a4338c58e75fdfb0ef908a5adc86cba5
Author: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue Nov 14 08:37:14 2017 -0800
ipx: move Novell IPX protocol support into staging
The Netware IPX protocol is very old and no one should still be using
it. It is time to move it into staging for a while and eventually
decommision it.
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
MAINTAINERS | 3 +--
drivers/staging/Kconfig | 2 ++
drivers/staging/Makefile | 1 +
{net => drivers/staging}/ipx/Kconfig | 0
{net => drivers/staging}/ipx/Makefile | 0
drivers/staging/ipx/TODO | 4 ++++
{net => drivers/staging}/ipx/af_ipx.c | 0
{net => drivers/staging}/ipx/ipx_proc.c | 0
{net => drivers/staging}/ipx/ipx_route.c | 0
{net => drivers/staging}/ipx/pe2.c | 0
{net => drivers/staging}/ipx/sysctl_net_ipx.c | 0
net/Kconfig | 1 -
net/Makefile | 1 -
13 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
Last commit with drivers/staging/ipx/
commit 7a2e838d28cff6718a0bdf66164465402f8e40ed
Author: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri Jun 1 20:39:54 2018 +0200
staging: ipx: delete it from the tree
The ipx code moved into the staging tree back in November 2017 and no
one has complained or even noticed it was gone. Because of that, let's
just delete it.
Note, the ipx header files are not removed here, that will come later
through the networking tree, as that takes a bit more work to unwind.
Cc: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
drivers/staging/Kconfig | 2 -
drivers/staging/Makefile | 1 -
drivers/staging/ipx/Kconfig | 61 -
drivers/staging/ipx/Makefile | 8 -
drivers/staging/ipx/TODO | 4 -
drivers/staging/ipx/af_ipx.c | 2082 ----------------------------------
drivers/staging/ipx/ipx_proc.c | 338 ------
drivers/staging/ipx/ipx_route.c | 293 -----
drivers/staging/ipx/pe2.c | 36 -
drivers/staging/ipx/sysctl_net_ipx.c | 40 -
10 files changed, 2865 deletions(-)