[PATCH net-next] eth: de4x5: remove support for Generic DECchip & DIGITAL EtherWORKS PCI/EISA

[Michael Ellerman]

Jakub Kicinski <kuba at kernel.org> writes:
> Looks like almost all changes to this driver had been tree-wide
> refactoring since git era begun. There is one commit from Al
> 15 years ago which could potentially be fixing a real bug.
>
> The driver is using virt_to_bus() and is a real magnet for pointless
> cleanups. It seems unlikely to have real users. Let's try to shed
> this maintenance burden.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba at kernel.org>
> ---
> CC: corbet at lwn.net
> CC: tsbogend at alpha.franken.de
> CC: mpe at ellerman.id.au
> CC: benh at kernel.crashing.org
> CC: paulus at samba.org
> CC: sburla at marvell.com
> CC: vburru at marvell.com
> CC: aayarekar at marvell.com
> CC: arnd at arndb.de
> CC: zhangyue1 at kylinos.cn
> CC: linux-doc at vger.kernel.org
> CC: linux-mips at vger.kernel.org
> CC: linuxppc-dev at lists.ozlabs.org
> CC: linux-parisc at vger.kernel.org
> ---
>  .../device_drivers/ethernet/dec/de4x5.rst     |  189 -
>  .../device_drivers/ethernet/index.rst         |    1 -
>  arch/mips/configs/mtx1_defconfig              |    1 -
>  arch/powerpc/configs/chrp32_defconfig         |    1 -
>  arch/powerpc/configs/ppc6xx_defconfig         |    1 -

Acked-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe at ellerman.id.au> (powerpc)

cheers