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char/mwave: drop it
authorJiri Slaby (SUSE) <jirislaby@kernel.org>
Mon, 24 Nov 2025 10:39:52 +0000 (11:39 +0100)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Mon, 29 Dec 2025 10:53:38 +0000 (11:53 +0100)
commitc0fef45dbab06238e96e221f7c0a8fd2d569f7dd
tree84767786ecfea771ebea8f5a5dbb93db0af56777
parent1f4c9d8a1021281750c6cda126d6f8a40cc24e71
char/mwave: drop it

When I tried to clean up the driver a bit, Arnd noted:
> According to thinkwiki.de, the 3780i modem was only used in a
> couple of Thinkpad models that are now over 25 years old, using
> Pentium II processors, and they all have a physical RS232 port
> that can be used to connect an external modem instead.
>
> Maybe we can just retire this driver?

So instead of the clean up, drop the driver altogether.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby (SUSE) <jirislaby@kernel.org>
Suggested-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/b8834e5d-fdde-4b1a-8757-288dddc507a9@app.fastmail.com/
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251124103952.995229-1-jirislaby@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
16 files changed:
Documentation/admin-guide/devices.txt
Documentation/userspace-api/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst
drivers/char/Kconfig
drivers/char/Makefile
drivers/char/mwave/3780i.c [deleted file]
drivers/char/mwave/3780i.h [deleted file]
drivers/char/mwave/Makefile [deleted file]
drivers/char/mwave/README [deleted file]
drivers/char/mwave/mwavedd.c [deleted file]
drivers/char/mwave/mwavedd.h [deleted file]
drivers/char/mwave/mwavepub.h [deleted file]
drivers/char/mwave/smapi.c [deleted file]
drivers/char/mwave/smapi.h [deleted file]
drivers/char/mwave/tp3780i.c [deleted file]
drivers/char/mwave/tp3780i.h [deleted file]
include/linux/miscdevice.h