kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/include/net/Space.h, branch master

ne2k: fold drivers/net/Space.c into ne.c

2026-05-01T23:46:53+00:00

drivers/net/Space.c is the last remnant of the linux-2.4.x driver model that required each subsystem and device driver init function to be called from init/main.c explicitly, before the introduction of initcall levels. In linux-7.0, this was only used for a handful of ISA network drivers, with the ne2000 driver being the last one. Fold the code into ne.c directly, with minimal changes to preserve the existing command line parsing. Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven # m68k Reviewed-by: Simon Horman Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260429145624.2948432-2-arnd@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

net: cs89x0: remove ISA bus probing

2026-05-01T23:46:53+00:00

The cs89x0 driver is really two in one, and they are mutually exclusive: - the ISA driver was used on 486-era PCs. It likely has no remaining users, like the other ethernet drivers that got removed in linux-7.1. The DMA support in here is the last device driver use of the deprecated isa_bus_to_virt() interface, all other users are either x86 specific or or got converted to the normal dma-mapping interface. The driver was maintained by Andrew Morton at the time, based on the linux-2.2 vendor driver from Cirrus Logic. - the platform_driver instance was used on some embedded Arm boards around the same time, such as the EP7211 Development Kit. This is the same chip, but uses modern devicetree based probing and no DMA. This was added by Alexander Shiyan. Remove the ISA driver as a cleanup, including all of the outdated documentation referring to its configuration. Cc: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann Reviewed-by: Simon Horman Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260429145624.2948432-1-arnd@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

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