[PW_SID:1053062] [RFC] bluetooth: remove all PCMCIA drivers#3301
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This patch adds workflow files for ci: [sync.yml] - The workflow file for scheduled work - Sync the repo with upstream repo and rebase the workflow branch - Review the patches in the patchwork and creates the PR if needed [ci.yml] - The workflow file for CI tasks - Run CI tests when PR is created Signed-off-by: Tedd Ho-Jeong An <tedd.an@intel.com>
PCMCIA is almost completely obsolete (the last computers supporting it natively were from ~2009), and the general consensus [1] seems to be that support for it should be gradually removed from the kernel. In 2023, an initial step of removing all the PCMCIA char drivers was taken in commit 9b12f05 ("char: pcmcia: remove all the drivers"), and that has not been reverted, so it seems logical to continue this process by removing more low-hanging fruit. These three Bluetooth drivers have had no meaningful changes since their status was discussed in 2022 [2], and are unlikely to have any remaining users. The latest functional change to any of them was a patch to bluecard_cs to fix LED blinking behavior in 2017. The other two drivers have not had any meaningful changes made since 2007. Remove them. Note that even with these drivers removed, it is still possible to use other PCMCIA Bluetooth cards that present themselves as a standard serial port via serial_cs and hciattach while the serial_cs driver is still present. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/c5b39544-a4fb-4796-a046-0b9be9853787@app.fastmail.com/ [2] https://lore.kernel.org/all/Y07d7rMvd5++85BJ@owl.dominikbrodowski.net/ Signed-off-by: Ethan Nelson-Moore <enelsonmoore@gmail.com>
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PCMCIA is almost completely obsolete (the last computers supporting it
natively were from ~2009), and the general consensus [1] seems to be
that support for it should be gradually removed from the kernel.
In 2023, an initial step of removing all the PCMCIA char drivers was
taken in commit 9b12f05 ("char: pcmcia: remove all the drivers"),
and that has not been reverted, so it seems logical to continue this
process by removing more low-hanging fruit.
These three Bluetooth drivers have had no meaningful changes since
their status was discussed in 2022 [2], and are unlikely to have any
remaining users. The latest functional change to any of them was a
patch to bluecard_cs to fix LED blinking behavior in 2017. The other
two drivers have not had any meaningful changes made since 2007. Remove
them.
Note that even with these drivers removed, it is still possible to use
other PCMCIA Bluetooth cards that present themselves as a standard
serial port via serial_cs and hciattach while the serial_cs driver is
still present.
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/c5b39544-a4fb-4796-a046-0b9be9853787@app.fastmail.com/
[2] https://lore.kernel.org/all/Y07d7rMvd5++85BJ@owl.dominikbrodowski.net/
Signed-off-by: Ethan Nelson-Moore enelsonmoore@gmail.com
arch/arm/configs/pxa_defconfig | 3 -
arch/arm/configs/spitz_defconfig | 3 -
arch/loongarch/configs/loongson32_defconfig | 3 -
arch/loongarch/configs/loongson64_defconfig | 3 -
arch/mips/configs/mtx1_defconfig | 3 -
arch/powerpc/configs/ppc6xx_defconfig | 3 -
drivers/bluetooth/Kconfig | 40 -
drivers/bluetooth/Makefile | 3 -
drivers/bluetooth/bluecard_cs.c | 908 --------------------
drivers/bluetooth/bt3c_cs.c | 749 ----------------
drivers/bluetooth/dtl1_cs.c | 614 -------------
11 files changed, 2332 deletions(-)
delete mode 100644 drivers/bluetooth/bluecard_cs.c
delete mode 100644 drivers/bluetooth/bt3c_cs.c
delete mode 100644 drivers/bluetooth/dtl1_cs.c