[PATCH 00/10] Remove obsolete and orphaned wifi drivers

From: Arnd Bergmann
Date: Mon Oct 23 2023 - 09:20:22 EST

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From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>

As discussed previously, a lot of the older wifi drivers are likely
entirely unused, Though we can't know for sure.

As suggested by both Greg and Jakub, let's remove the ones that look
are most likely to have no users left and also get in the way of the
wext cleanup. If anyone is still using any of these, we can revert the
driver removal individually.

I would suggest merging these for net-next after 6.7-rc1 is out, to give
them the maximum amount of time for users to speak up before a release
comes out.

This kills off all pcmcia wifi drivers, and all wext users in
drivers/net/wireless, but not the ps3-gelic-wireless driver in
drivers/net/ethernet, or the staging drivers.

In staging, rtl8192u was already removed in the meantime, while rtl8712
and rtl8192e are apparently still used. I have not been able to find
out whether ks7010 is still in use.

Arnd

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20231011080955.1beeb010@xxxxxxxxxx/

Arnd Bergmann (10):
wifi: libertas: drop 16-bit PCMCIA support
wifi: atmel: remove wext style at76c50x drivers
wifi: remove orphaned cisco/aironet driver
wifi: remove obsolete hostap driver
wifi: remove orphaned zd1201 driver
wifi: remove orphaned orinoco driver
wifi: remove orphaned ray_cs driver
wifi: remove orphaned wl3501 driver
wifi: remove orphaned rndis_wlan driver
[RFC] wifi: remove ipw2100/ipw2200 drivers

.../networking/device_drivers/wifi/index.rst | 20 -
.../device_drivers/wifi/intel/ipw2100.rst | 323 -
.../device_drivers/wifi/intel/ipw2200.rst | 526 -
.../networking/device_drivers/wifi/ray_cs.rst | 165 -
MAINTAINERS | 49 -
drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig | 3 -
drivers/net/wireless/Makefile | 2 -
drivers/net/wireless/atmel/Kconfig | 35 -
drivers/net/wireless/atmel/Makefile | 4 -
drivers/net/wireless/atmel/atmel.c | 4452 ------
drivers/net/wireless/atmel/atmel.h | 31 -
drivers/net/wireless/atmel/atmel_cs.c | 292 -
drivers/net/wireless/atmel/atmel_pci.c | 65 -
drivers/net/wireless/cisco/Kconfig | 59 -
drivers/net/wireless/cisco/Makefile | 3 -
drivers/net/wireless/cisco/airo.c | 8288 -----------
drivers/net/wireless/cisco/airo.h | 10 -
drivers/net/wireless/cisco/airo_cs.c | 218 -
drivers/net/wireless/intel/Kconfig | 1 -
drivers/net/wireless/intel/Makefile | 3 -
drivers/net/wireless/intel/ipw2x00/Kconfig | 195 -
drivers/net/wireless/intel/ipw2x00/Makefile | 15 -
drivers/net/wireless/intel/ipw2x00/ipw.h | 20 -
drivers/net/wireless/intel/ipw2x00/ipw2100.c | 8587 -----------
drivers/net/wireless/intel/ipw2x00/ipw2100.h | 1142 --
drivers/net/wireless/intel/ipw2x00/ipw2200.c | 11965 ----------------
drivers/net/wireless/intel/ipw2x00/ipw2200.h | 1984 ---
drivers/net/wireless/intel/ipw2x00/libipw.h | 1001 --
.../net/wireless/intel/ipw2x00/libipw_geo.c | 179 -
.../wireless/intel/ipw2x00/libipw_module.c | 297 -
.../net/wireless/intel/ipw2x00/libipw_rx.c | 1737 ---
.../net/wireless/intel/ipw2x00/libipw_tx.c | 519 -
.../net/wireless/intel/ipw2x00/libipw_wx.c | 726 -
drivers/net/wireless/intersil/Kconfig | 2 -
drivers/net/wireless/intersil/Makefile | 2 -
drivers/net/wireless/intersil/hostap/Kconfig | 95 -
drivers/net/wireless/intersil/hostap/Makefile | 8 -
drivers/net/wireless/intersil/hostap/hostap.h | 98 -
.../wireless/intersil/hostap/hostap_80211.h | 97 -
.../intersil/hostap/hostap_80211_rx.c | 1116 --
.../intersil/hostap/hostap_80211_tx.c | 554 -
.../net/wireless/intersil/hostap/hostap_ap.c | 3277 -----
.../net/wireless/intersil/hostap/hostap_ap.h | 264 -
.../wireless/intersil/hostap/hostap_common.h | 420 -
.../wireless/intersil/hostap/hostap_config.h | 49 -
.../net/wireless/intersil/hostap/hostap_cs.c | 710 -
.../intersil/hostap/hostap_download.c | 810 --
.../net/wireless/intersil/hostap/hostap_hw.c | 3387 -----
.../wireless/intersil/hostap/hostap_info.c | 509 -
.../wireless/intersil/hostap/hostap_ioctl.c | 3847 -----
.../wireless/intersil/hostap/hostap_main.c | 1123 --
.../net/wireless/intersil/hostap/hostap_pci.c | 445 -
.../net/wireless/intersil/hostap/hostap_plx.c | 617 -
.../wireless/intersil/hostap/hostap_proc.c | 411 -
.../wireless/intersil/hostap/hostap_wlan.h | 1051 --
drivers/net/wireless/intersil/orinoco/Kconfig | 143 -
.../net/wireless/intersil/orinoco/Makefile | 15 -
.../net/wireless/intersil/orinoco/airport.c | 268 -
drivers/net/wireless/intersil/orinoco/cfg.c | 291 -
drivers/net/wireless/intersil/orinoco/cfg.h | 15 -
drivers/net/wireless/intersil/orinoco/fw.c | 387 -
drivers/net/wireless/intersil/orinoco/fw.h | 21 -
.../net/wireless/intersil/orinoco/hermes.c | 778 -
.../net/wireless/intersil/orinoco/hermes.h | 534 -
.../wireless/intersil/orinoco/hermes_dld.c | 477 -
.../wireless/intersil/orinoco/hermes_dld.h | 52 -
.../wireless/intersil/orinoco/hermes_rid.h | 165 -
drivers/net/wireless/intersil/orinoco/hw.c | 1362 --
drivers/net/wireless/intersil/orinoco/hw.h | 60 -
drivers/net/wireless/intersil/orinoco/main.c | 2414 ----
drivers/net/wireless/intersil/orinoco/main.h | 50 -
drivers/net/wireless/intersil/orinoco/mic.c | 89 -
drivers/net/wireless/intersil/orinoco/mic.h | 23 -
.../net/wireless/intersil/orinoco/orinoco.h | 251 -
.../wireless/intersil/orinoco/orinoco_cs.c | 350 -
.../intersil/orinoco/orinoco_nortel.c | 314 -
.../wireless/intersil/orinoco/orinoco_pci.c | 257 -
.../wireless/intersil/orinoco/orinoco_pci.h | 54 -
.../wireless/intersil/orinoco/orinoco_plx.c | 362 -
.../wireless/intersil/orinoco/orinoco_tmd.c | 237 -
.../wireless/intersil/orinoco/orinoco_usb.c | 1787 ---
drivers/net/wireless/intersil/orinoco/scan.c | 259 -
drivers/net/wireless/intersil/orinoco/scan.h | 21 -
.../wireless/intersil/orinoco/spectrum_cs.c | 328 -
drivers/net/wireless/intersil/orinoco/wext.c | 1428 --
drivers/net/wireless/intersil/orinoco/wext.h | 13 -
drivers/net/wireless/legacy/Kconfig | 55 -
drivers/net/wireless/legacy/Makefile | 6 -
drivers/net/wireless/legacy/ray_cs.c | 2824 ----
drivers/net/wireless/legacy/ray_cs.h | 74 -
drivers/net/wireless/legacy/rayctl.h | 734 -
drivers/net/wireless/legacy/rndis_wlan.c | 3760 -----
drivers/net/wireless/legacy/wl3501.h | 615 -
drivers/net/wireless/legacy/wl3501_cs.c | 2036 ---
drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas/Kconfig | 7 +-
.../net/wireless/marvell/libertas/Makefile | 1 -
drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas/if_cs.c | 957 --
drivers/net/wireless/zydas/Kconfig | 19 -
drivers/net/wireless/zydas/Makefile | 2 -
drivers/net/wireless/zydas/zd1201.c | 1909 ---
drivers/net/wireless/zydas/zd1201.h | 144 -
101 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 87755 deletions(-)
delete mode 100644 Documentation/networking/device_drivers/wifi/index.rst
delete mode 100644 Documentation/networking/device_drivers/wifi/intel/ipw2100.rst
delete mode 100644 Documentation/networking/device_drivers/wifi/intel/ipw2200.rst
delete mode 100644 Documentation/networking/device_drivers/wifi/ray_cs.rst
delete mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/atmel/atmel.c
delete mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/atmel/atmel.h
delete mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/atmel/atmel_cs.c
delete mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/atmel/atmel_pci.c
delete mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/cisco/Kconfig
delete mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/cisco/Makefile
delete mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/cisco/airo.c
delete mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/cisco/airo.h
delete mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/cisco/airo_cs.c
delete mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/intel/ipw2x00/Kconfig
delete mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/intel/ipw2x00/Makefile
delete mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/intel/ipw2x00/ipw.h
delete mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/intel/ipw2x00/ipw2100.c
delete mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/intel/ipw2x00/ipw2100.h
delete mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/intel/ipw2x00/ipw2200.c
delete mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/intel/ipw2x00/ipw2200.h
delete mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/intel/ipw2x00/libipw.h
delete mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/intel/ipw2x00/libipw_geo.c
delete mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/intel/ipw2x00/libipw_module.c
delete mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/intel/ipw2x00/libipw_rx.c
delete mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/intel/ipw2x00/libipw_tx.c
delete mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/intel/ipw2x00/libipw_wx.c
delete mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/intersil/hostap/Kconfig
delete mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/intersil/hostap/Makefile
delete mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/intersil/hostap/hostap.h
delete mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/intersil/hostap/hostap_80211.h
delete mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/intersil/hostap/hostap_80211_rx.c
delete mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/intersil/hostap/hostap_80211_tx.c
delete mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/intersil/hostap/hostap_ap.c
delete mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/intersil/hostap/hostap_ap.h
delete mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/intersil/hostap/hostap_common.h
delete mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/intersil/hostap/hostap_config.h
delete mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/intersil/hostap/hostap_cs.c
delete mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/intersil/hostap/hostap_download.c
delete mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/intersil/hostap/hostap_hw.c
delete mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/intersil/hostap/hostap_info.c
delete mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/intersil/hostap/hostap_ioctl.c
delete mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/intersil/hostap/hostap_main.c
delete mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/intersil/hostap/hostap_pci.c
delete mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/intersil/hostap/hostap_plx.c
delete mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/intersil/hostap/hostap_proc.c
delete mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/intersil/hostap/hostap_wlan.h
delete mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/intersil/orinoco/Kconfig
delete mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/intersil/orinoco/Makefile
delete mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/intersil/orinoco/airport.c
delete mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/intersil/orinoco/cfg.c
delete mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/intersil/orinoco/cfg.h
delete mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/intersil/orinoco/fw.c
delete mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/intersil/orinoco/fw.h
delete mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/intersil/orinoco/hermes.c
delete mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/intersil/orinoco/hermes.h
delete mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/intersil/orinoco/hermes_dld.c
delete mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/intersil/orinoco/hermes_dld.h
delete mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/intersil/orinoco/hermes_rid.h
delete mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/intersil/orinoco/hw.c
delete mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/intersil/orinoco/hw.h
delete mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/intersil/orinoco/main.c
delete mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/intersil/orinoco/main.h
delete mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/intersil/orinoco/mic.c
delete mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/intersil/orinoco/mic.h
delete mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/intersil/orinoco/orinoco.h
delete mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/intersil/orinoco/orinoco_cs.c
delete mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/intersil/orinoco/orinoco_nortel.c
delete mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/intersil/orinoco/orinoco_pci.c
delete mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/intersil/orinoco/orinoco_pci.h
delete mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/intersil/orinoco/orinoco_plx.c
delete mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/intersil/orinoco/orinoco_tmd.c
delete mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/intersil/orinoco/orinoco_usb.c
delete mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/intersil/orinoco/scan.c
delete mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/intersil/orinoco/scan.h
delete mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/intersil/orinoco/spectrum_cs.c
delete mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/intersil/orinoco/wext.c
delete mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/intersil/orinoco/wext.h
delete mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/legacy/Kconfig
delete mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/legacy/Makefile
delete mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/legacy/ray_cs.c
delete mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/legacy/ray_cs.h
delete mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/legacy/rayctl.h
delete mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/legacy/rndis_wlan.c
delete mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/legacy/wl3501.h
delete mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/legacy/wl3501_cs.c
delete mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas/if_cs.c
delete mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/zydas/zd1201.c
delete mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/zydas/zd1201.h

--
2.39.2

Cc: "David S . Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Cc: Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@xxxxxxxxxxx>,
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Claudiu Beznea <claudiu.beznea@xxxxxxxxx>,
Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Geoff Levand <geoff@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>,
Cc: Jeff Johnson <quic_jjohnson@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Cc: Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Cc: Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Cc: Pavel Machek <pavel@xxxxxx>,
Cc: Stanislaw Gruszka <stf_xl@xxxxx>
Cc: Gregory Greenman <gregory.greenman@xxxxxxxxx>
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Cc: <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <linux-staging@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Cc: <linux-wireless@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,

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