]> git.ipfire.org Git - thirdparty/kernel/linux.git/commit
net: atp: drop ancient parallel-port Ethernet driver
authorEthan Nelson-Moore <enelsonmoore@gmail.com>
Wed, 21 Jan 2026 08:45:04 +0000 (00:45 -0800)
committerPaolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Thu, 22 Jan 2026 12:32:53 +0000 (13:32 +0100)
commitb00a7b3a612925faa7362f5c61065e3e5f393fff
treec30a3938734a41ca431055769e8068b177bb760f
parenta2ba9902e4b932537df402494b2657bd249fcf0b
net: atp: drop ancient parallel-port Ethernet driver

This driver is old and almost certainly entirely unused. The two other
parallel port Ethernet drivers (de600/de620) were removed by Paul
Gortmaker in commit 168e06ae26dd ("drivers/net: delete old parallel
port de600/de620 drivers"), but this driver remained. Drop it - Paul's
reasoning applies here as well. To quote him:

"The parallel port is largely replaced by USB [...] Let us not pretend
that anyone cares about these drivers anymore, or worse - pretend that
anyone is using them on a modern kernel."

Signed-off-by: Ethan Nelson-Moore <enelsonmoore@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Daniel Palmer <daniel@thingy.jp>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260121084532.60606-1-enelsonmoore@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/Kconfig
drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/Makefile
drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/atp.c [deleted file]
drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/atp.h [deleted file]