kernel/linux.git/include/net/Space.h, branch v7.1-rc6

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: 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: Space.h: Remove unused function declarations

2023-08-04T01:10:10+00:00

Commit 5aa83a4c0a15 (" [PATCH] remove two obsolete net drivers") remove fmv18x_probe(). And commmit 01f4685797a5 ("eth: amd: remove NI6510 support (ni65)") leave ni65_probe(). Commit a10079c66290 ("staging: remove hp100 driver") remove hp100 driver and hp100_probe() declaration is not used anymore. sonic_probe() and iph5526_probe() are never implemented since the beginning of git history. Signed-off-by: Yue Haibing Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230802130716.37308-1-yuehaibing@huawei.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

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

m68k: remove legacy probing

2021-08-03T12:05:25+00:00

There are six m68k specific drivers that use the legacy probe method in drivers/net/Space.c. However, all of these only support a single device, and they completely ignore the command line settings from netdev_boot_setup_check, so there is really no point at all. Aside from sun3_82586, these already have a module_init function that can be used for built-in mode as well, simply by removing the #ifdef. Note that the 82596 driver was previously used on ISA as well, but that got dropped long ago. Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

appletalk: ltpc: remove static probing

2021-08-03T12:05:25+00:00

This driver never relies on the netdev_boot_setup_check() to get its configuration, so it can just as well do its own probing all the time. Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann Signed-off-by: David S. Miller