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net: remove HIPPI support and RoadRunner HIPPI driver
authorEthan Nelson-Moore <enelsonmoore@gmail.com>
Mon, 19 Jan 2026 02:24:04 +0000 (18:24 -0800)
committerJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Wed, 21 Jan 2026 03:12:06 +0000 (19:12 -0800)
commitd8f87aa5fa0a4276491fa8ef436cd22605a3f9ba
treec3ace051b9df379b5c97f6f46edadf05bdd59daa
parent670ade3bfae6f8a06213b65be3435b445c11c36d
net: remove HIPPI support and RoadRunner HIPPI driver

HIPPI has not been relevant for over two decades. It was rapidly
eclipsed by Fibre Channel, and even when it was new, it was
confined to very high-end hardware. The HIPPI code has only
received tree-wide changes and fixes by inspection in the entire
Git history. Remove HIPPI support and the rrunner HIPPI driver,
and move the former maintainer to the CREDITS file. Keep the
include/uapi/linux/if_hippi.h header because it is used by the TUN
code, and to avoid breaking userspace, however unlikely that may be.

Signed-off-by: Ethan Nelson-Moore <enelsonmoore@gmail.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260119022451.22344-1-enelsonmoore@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
14 files changed:
CREDITS
MAINTAINERS
arch/mips/configs/mtx1_defconfig
drivers/net/Kconfig
drivers/net/Makefile
drivers/net/hippi/Kconfig [deleted file]
drivers/net/hippi/Makefile [deleted file]
drivers/net/hippi/rrunner.c [deleted file]
drivers/net/hippi/rrunner.h [deleted file]
include/linux/hippidevice.h [deleted file]
include/linux/pci_ids.h
net/802/Makefile
net/802/hippi.c [deleted file]
rust/kernel/pci/id.rs