eth: de4x5: remove support for Generic DECchip & DIGITAL EtherWORKS PCI/EISA

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@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> (powerpc)
Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

2 files changed, 0 insertions, 190 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/dec/de4x5.rst b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/dec/de4x5.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index e03e9c631879..000000000000
--- a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/dec/de4x5.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,189 +0,0 @@
-.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-
-===================================
-DEC EtherWORKS Ethernet De4x5 cards
-===================================
-
-    Originally,   this  driver  was    written  for the  Digital   Equipment
-    Corporation series of EtherWORKS Ethernet cards:
-
-	 - DE425 TP/COAX EISA
-	 - DE434 TP PCI
-	 - DE435 TP/COAX/AUI PCI
-	 - DE450 TP/COAX/AUI PCI
-	 - DE500 10/100 PCI Fasternet
-
-    but it  will  now attempt  to  support all  cards which   conform to the
-    Digital Semiconductor   SROM   Specification.    The  driver   currently
-    recognises the following chips:
-
-	 - DC21040  (no SROM)
-	 - DC21041[A]
-	 - DC21140[A]
-	 - DC21142
-	 - DC21143
-
-    So far the driver is known to work with the following cards:
-
-	 - KINGSTON
-	 - Linksys
-	 - ZNYX342
-	 - SMC8432
-	 - SMC9332 (w/new SROM)
-	 - ZNYX31[45]
-	 - ZNYX346 10/100 4 port (can act as a 10/100 bridge!)
-
-    The driver has been tested on a relatively busy network using the DE425,
-    DE434, DE435 and DE500 cards and benchmarked with 'ttcp': it transferred
-    16M of data to a DECstation 5000/200 as follows::
-
-		  TCP           UDP
-	       TX     RX     TX     RX
-      DE425   1030k  997k   1170k  1128k
-      DE434   1063k  995k   1170k  1125k
-      DE435   1063k  995k   1170k  1125k
-      DE500   1063k  998k   1170k  1125k  in 10Mb/s mode
-
-    All  values are typical (in   kBytes/sec) from a  sample  of 4 for  each
-    measurement. Their error is +/-20k on a quiet (private) network and also
-    depend on what load the CPU has.
-
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-    The ability to load this  driver as a loadable  module has been included
-    and used extensively  during the driver development  (to save those long
-    reboot sequences).  Loadable module support  under PCI and EISA has been
-    achieved by letting the driver autoprobe as if it were compiled into the
-    kernel. Do make sure  you're not sharing  interrupts with anything  that
-    cannot accommodate  interrupt  sharing!
-
-    To utilise this ability, you have to do 8 things:
-
-    0) have a copy of the loadable modules code installed on your system.
-    1) copy de4x5.c from the  /linux/drivers/net directory to your favourite
-       temporary directory.
-    2) for fixed  autoprobes (not  recommended),  edit the source code  near
-       line 5594 to reflect the I/O address  you're using, or assign these when
-       loading by::
-
-		   insmod de4x5 io=0xghh           where g = bus number
-							hh = device number
-
-       .. note::
-
-	   autoprobing for modules is now supported by default. You may just
-	   use::
-
-		   insmod de4x5
-
-	   to load all available boards. For a specific board, still use
-	   the 'io=?' above.
-    3) compile  de4x5.c, but include -DMODULE in  the command line to ensure
-       that the correct bits are compiled (see end of source code).
-    4) if you are wanting to add a new  card, goto 5. Otherwise, recompile a
-       kernel with the de4x5 configuration turned off and reboot.
-    5) insmod de4x5 [io=0xghh]
-    6) run the net startup bits for your new eth?? interface(s) manually
-       (usually /etc/rc.inet[12] at boot time).
-    7) enjoy!
-
-    To unload a module, turn off the associated interface(s)
-    'ifconfig eth?? down' then 'rmmod de4x5'.
-
-    Automedia detection is included so that in  principle you can disconnect
-    from, e.g.  TP, reconnect  to BNC  and  things will still work  (after a
-    pause while the   driver figures out   where its media went).  My tests
-    using ping showed that it appears to work....
-
-    By  default,  the driver will  now   autodetect any  DECchip based card.
-    Should you have a need to restrict the driver to DIGITAL only cards, you
-    can compile with a  DEC_ONLY define, or if  loading as a module, use the
-    'dec_only=1'  parameter.
-
-    I've changed the timing routines to  use the kernel timer and scheduling
-    functions  so that the  hangs  and other assorted problems that occurred
-    while autosensing the  media  should be gone.  A  bonus  for the DC21040
-    auto  media sense algorithm is  that it can now  use one that is more in
-    line with the  rest (the DC21040  chip doesn't  have a hardware  timer).
-    The downside is the 1 'jiffies' (10ms) resolution.
-
-    IEEE 802.3u MII interface code has  been added in anticipation that some
-    products may use it in the future.
-
-    The SMC9332 card  has a non-compliant SROM  which needs fixing -  I have
-    patched this  driver to detect it  because the SROM format used complies
-    to a previous DEC-STD format.
-
-    I have removed the buffer copies needed for receive on Intels.  I cannot
-    remove them for   Alphas since  the  Tulip hardware   only does longword
-    aligned  DMA transfers  and  the  Alphas get   alignment traps with  non
-    longword aligned data copies (which makes them really slow). No comment.
-
-    I  have added SROM decoding  routines to make this  driver work with any
-    card that  supports the Digital  Semiconductor SROM spec. This will help
-    all  cards running the dc2114x  series chips in particular.  Cards using
-    the dc2104x  chips should run correctly with  the basic  driver.  I'm in
-    debt to <mjacob@feral.com> for the  testing and feedback that helped get
-    this feature working.  So far we have  tested KINGSTON, SMC8432, SMC9332
-    (with the latest SROM complying  with the SROM spec  V3: their first was
-    broken), ZNYX342  and  LinkSys. ZNYX314 (dual  21041  MAC) and  ZNYX 315
-    (quad 21041 MAC)  cards also  appear  to work despite their  incorrectly
-    wired IRQs.
-
-    I have added a temporary fix for interrupt problems when some SCSI cards
-    share the same interrupt as the DECchip based  cards. The problem occurs
-    because  the SCSI card wants to  grab the interrupt  as a fast interrupt
-    (runs the   service routine with interrupts turned   off) vs.  this card
-    which really needs to run the service routine with interrupts turned on.
-    This driver will  now   add the interrupt service   routine  as  a  fast
-    interrupt if it   is bounced from the   slow interrupt.  THIS IS NOT   A
-    RECOMMENDED WAY TO RUN THE DRIVER  and has been done  for a limited time
-    until  people   sort  out their  compatibility    issues and the  kernel
-    interrupt  service code  is  fixed.   YOU  SHOULD SEPARATE OUT  THE FAST
-    INTERRUPT CARDS FROM THE SLOW INTERRUPT CARDS to ensure that they do not
-    run on the same interrupt. PCMCIA/CardBus is another can of worms...
-
-    Finally, I think  I have really  fixed  the module  loading problem with
-    more than one DECchip based  card.  As a  side effect, I don't mess with
-    the  device structure any  more which means that  if more than 1 card in
-    2.0.x is    installed (4  in   2.1.x),  the  user   will have   to  edit
-    linux/drivers/net/Space.c  to make room for  them. Hence, module loading
-    is  the preferred way to use   this driver, since  it  doesn't have this
-    limitation.
-
-    Where SROM media  detection is used and  full duplex is specified in the
-    SROM,  the feature is  ignored unless  lp->params.fdx  is set at compile
-    time  OR during  a   module load  (insmod  de4x5   args='eth??:fdx' [see
-    below]).  This is because there  is no way  to automatically detect full
-    duplex   links  except through   autonegotiation.    When I  include the
-    autonegotiation feature in  the SROM autoconf  code, this detection will
-    occur automatically for that case.
-
-    Command line  arguments are  now allowed, similar to  passing  arguments
-    through LILO. This will allow a per adapter board set  up of full duplex
-    and media. The only lexical constraints are:  the board name (dev->name)
-    appears in  the list before its parameters.  The list of parameters ends
-    either at the end of the parameter list or with another board name.  The
-    following parameters are allowed:
-
-	    =========  ===============================================
-	    fdx        for full duplex
-	    autosense  to set the media/speed; with the following
-		       sub-parameters:
-		       TP, TP_NW, BNC, AUI, BNC_AUI, 100Mb, 10Mb, AUTO
-	    =========  ===============================================
-
-    Case sensitivity is important  for  the sub-parameters. They *must*   be
-    upper case. Examples::
-
-	insmod de4x5 args='eth1:fdx autosense=BNC eth0:autosense=100Mb'.
-
-    For a compiled in driver, in linux/drivers/net/CONFIG, place e.g.::
-
-	DE4X5_OPTS = -DDE4X5_PARM='"eth0:fdx autosense=AUI eth2:autosense=TP"'
-
-    Yes,  I know full duplex  isn't permissible on BNC  or AUI; they're just
-    examples. By default, full duplex is turned  off and AUTO is the default
-    autosense setting. In  reality, I expect only the  full duplex option to
-    be used. Note the use of single quotes in the two examples above and the
-    lack of commas to separate items.
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/index.rst b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/index.rst
index 21a97703421d..4e06684d079b 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/index.rst
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ Contents:
    cirrus/cs89x0
    dlink/dl2k
    davicom/dm9000
-   dec/de4x5
    dec/dmfe
    freescale/dpaa
    freescale/dpaa2/index