kernel/linux.git/drivers/net/Space.c, branch v7.1-rc5

drivers: net: 8390: wd80x3: Remove this driver

2026-04-23T22:57:10+00:00

The wd80x3 was written by Donald Becker 1993 to 1994. It is an ISA device, so unlikely to be used with modern kernels. Acked-by: Dominik Brodowski Signed-off-by: Andrew Lunn Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260422-v7-0-0-net-next-driver-removal-v1-v2-15-08a5b59784d5@lunn.ch Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

drivers: net: 8390: ultra: Remove this driver

2026-04-23T22:57:10+00:00

The ultra was written by Donald Becker 1993 to 1998. It is an ISA device, so unlikely to be used with modern kernels. Acked-by: Dominik Brodowski Signed-off-by: Andrew Lunn Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260422-v7-0-0-net-next-driver-removal-v1-v2-14-08a5b59784d5@lunn.ch Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

drivers: net: smsc: smc9194: Remove this driver

2026-04-23T22:56:49+00:00

The smc9194 was written by Erik Stahlman in 1996. It is an ISA device, so unlikely to be used with modern kernels. Signed-off-by: Andrew Lunn Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260422-v7-0-0-net-next-driver-removal-v1-v2-7-08a5b59784d5@lunn.ch Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

drivers: net: amd: lance: Remove this driver

2026-04-23T22:56:49+00:00

The lance was written by Donald Becker between 1993-1998. It is an ISA device, so unlikely to be used with modern kernels. Signed-off-by: Andrew Lunn Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260422-v7-0-0-net-next-driver-removal-v1-v2-5-08a5b59784d5@lunn.ch Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

drivers: net: 3com: 3c515: Remove this driver

2026-04-23T22:56:49+00:00

The 3c515 was written by Donald Becker between 1997-1998. It is an ISA device, so unlikely to be used with modern kernels. Signed-off-by: Andrew Lunn Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260422-v7-0-0-net-next-driver-removal-v1-v2-2-08a5b59784d5@lunn.ch Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

net: Space: Replace memset(0) + strscpy() with strscpy_pad()

2025-08-15T19:37:50+00:00

Replace memset(0) followed by strscpy() with strscpy_pad() to improve netdev_boot_setup_add(). This avoids zeroing the memory before copying the string and ensures the destination buffer is only written to once, simplifying the code and improving efficiency. Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250814180514.251000-2-thorsten.blum@linux.dev Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

net: appletalk: remove cops support

2023-10-04T18:49:20+00:00

The COPS Appletalk support is very old, never said to actually work properly, and the firmware code for the devices are under a very suspect license. Remove it all to clear up the license issue, if it is still needed and actually used by anyone, we can add it back later once the license is cleared up. Reported-by: Prarit Bhargava Cc: jschlst@samba.org Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman Acked-by: Christoph Hellwig Acked-by: Prarit Bhargava Reviewed-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230927090029.44704-2-gregkh@linuxfoundation.org Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

net: move from strlcpy with unused retval to strscpy

2022-08-31T21:11:07+00:00

Follow the advice of the below link and prefer 'strscpy' in this subsystem. Conversion is 1:1 because the return value is not used. Generated by a coccinelle script. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/CAHk-=wgfRnXz0W3D37d01q3JFkr_i_uTL=V6A6G1oUZcprmknw@mail.gmail.com/ Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang Acked-by: Marc Kleine-Budde # for CAN Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220830201457.7984-1-wsa+renesas@sang-engineering.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

eth: amd: remove NI6510 support (ni65)

2022-05-11T12:09:59+00:00

Looks like all the changes to this driver had been tree-wide refactoring since git era begun. The driver is using virt_to_bus() we should make it use more modern DMA APIs but since it's unlikely to be getting any use these days delete it instead. We can always revert to bring it back. Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

wan: remove sbni/granch driver

2021-08-03T12:05:26+00:00

The driver was merged in 1999 and has only ever seen treewide cleanups since then, with no indication whatsoever that anyone has actually had access to hardware for testing the patches. >From the information in the link below, it appears that the hardware is for some leased line system in Russia that has since been discontinued, and useless without any remote end to connect to. As the driver still feels like a Linux-2.2 era artifact today, it appears that the best way forward is to just delete it. Link: https://www.tms.ru/%D0%90%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BF%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80_%D0%B4%D0%BB%D1%8F_%D0%B2%D1%8B%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8B%D1%85_%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9_Granch_SBNI12-10 Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann Signed-off-by: David S. Miller