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After getting warnings in an allyesconfig build[1] from this
driver, I decided to remind myself just how old it was, and
whether it warranted fixing. In the Kconfig help text, I found:
"This driver will eventually be phased out entirely"
Going back to the history archive, I see the line was added[2]
in Feb 2002, when we moved from v2.4.2.1 ---> v2.4.2.2
So, with over a decade of notification, and multiple major releases
since then, I think we can justify removing this. Currently we have
people wasting time building it during routine testing, and then
wasting more time re-researching the known reported warnings, only to
find that nobody really is willing to integrate the fixes[3] for it.
A quick search didn't seem to indicate any active user base for it.
If someone happens to have a quirky _old_ card that the eleven year
old "new" driver doesn't work with, then it is entirely reasonable
that they stick with a kernel version that predates this removal.
[1] drivers/scsi/aic7xxx_old.c: In function ‘aic7xxx_register’:
drivers/scsi/aic7xxx_old.c:7901:5: warning: case value ‘257’ not in enumerated type ‘ahc_chip’ [-Wswitch]
drivers/scsi/aic7xxx_old.c:7898:5: warning: case value ‘513’ not in enumerated type ‘ahc_chip’ [-Wswitch]
drivers/scsi/aic7xxx_old.c: In function ‘aic7xxx_load_seeprom’:
drivers/scsi/aic7xxx_old.c:8517:5: warning: case value ‘257’ not in enumerated type ‘ahc_chip’ [-Wswitch]
drivers/scsi/aic7xxx_old.c:8510:5: warning: case value ‘513’ not in enumerated type ‘ahc_chip’ [-Wswitch]
[2] http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/tglx/history.git commit 44e8778c
[3] https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/10/29/215
Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>
Acked-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de>
Acked-by: Doug Ledford <dledford@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: James Bottomley <JBottomley@Parallels.com>
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00-INDEX
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- this file
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53c700.txt
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- info on driver for 53c700 based adapters
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BusLogic.txt
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- info on driver for adapters with BusLogic chips
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ChangeLog.1992-1997
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- Changes to scsi files, if not listed elsewhere
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ChangeLog.arcmsr
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- Changes to driver for ARECA's SATA RAID controller cards
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ChangeLog.ips
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- IBM ServeRAID driver Changelog
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ChangeLog.lpfc
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- Changes to lpfc driver
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ChangeLog.megaraid
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- Changes to LSI megaraid controller.
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ChangeLog.megaraid_sas
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- Changes to serial attached scsi version of LSI megaraid controller.
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ChangeLog.ncr53c8xx
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- Changes to ncr53c8xx driver
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ChangeLog.sym53c8xx
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- Changes to sym53c8xx driver
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ChangeLog.sym53c8xx_2
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- Changes to second generation of sym53c8xx driver
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FlashPoint.txt
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- info on driver for BusLogic FlashPoint adapters
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LICENSE.FlashPoint
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- Licence of the Flashpoint driver
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LICENSE.qla2xxx
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- License for QLogic Linux Fibre Channel HBA Driver firmware.
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LICENSE.qla4xxx
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- License for QLogic Linux iSCSI HBA Driver.
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Mylex.txt
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- info on driver for Mylex adapters
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NinjaSCSI.txt
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- info on WorkBiT NinjaSCSI-32/32Bi driver
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aacraid.txt
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- Driver supporting Adaptec RAID controllers
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aha152x.txt
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- info on driver for Adaptec AHA152x based adapters
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aic79xx.txt
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- Adaptec Ultra320 SCSI host adapters
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aic7xxx.txt
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- info on driver for Adaptec controllers
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arcmsr_spec.txt
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- ARECA FIRMWARE SPEC (for IOP331 adapter)
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dc395x.txt
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- README file for the dc395x SCSI driver
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dpti.txt
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- info on driver for DPT SmartRAID and Adaptec I2O RAID based adapters
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dtc3x80.txt
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- info on driver for DTC 2x80 based adapters
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g_NCR5380.txt
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- info on driver for NCR5380 and NCR53c400 based adapters
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hptiop.txt
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- HIGHPOINT ROCKETRAID 3xxx RAID DRIVER
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in2000.txt
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- info on in2000 driver
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libsas.txt
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- Serial Attached SCSI management layer.
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lpfc.txt
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- LPFC driver release notes
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megaraid.txt
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- Common Management Module, shared code handling ioctls for LSI drivers
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ncr53c8xx.txt
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- info on driver for NCR53c8xx based adapters
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osst.txt
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- info on driver for OnStream SC-x0 SCSI tape
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ppa.txt
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- info on driver for IOmega zip drive
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qlogicfas.txt
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- info on driver for QLogic FASxxx based adapters
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scsi-changer.txt
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- README for the SCSI media changer driver
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scsi-generic.txt
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- info on the sg driver for generic (non-disk/CD/tape) SCSI devices.
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scsi.txt
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- short blurb on using SCSI support as a module.
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scsi_mid_low_api.txt
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- info on API between SCSI layer and low level drivers
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scsi_eh.txt
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- info on SCSI midlayer error handling infrastructure
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scsi_fc_transport.txt
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- SCSI Fiber Channel Tansport
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st.txt
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- info on scsi tape driver
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sym53c500_cs.txt
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- info on PCMCIA driver for Symbios Logic 53c500 based adapters
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sym53c8xx_2.txt
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- info on second generation driver for sym53c8xx based adapters
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tmscsim.txt
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- info on driver for AM53c974 based adapters
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ufs.txt
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- info on Universal Flash Storage(UFS) and UFS host controller driver.
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