Commit 4a6514e6 authored by Greg Kroah-Hartman's avatar Greg Kroah-Hartman

tty: move obsolete and broken tty drivers to drivers/staging/tty/

As planned by Arnd Bergmann, this moves the following drivers to the
drivers/staging/tty/ directory where they will be removed after 2.6.41
if no one steps up to claim them.
	epca
	epca
	ip2
	istallion
	riscom8
	serial167
	specialix
	stallion

Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: default avatarGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
parent 282361a0
......@@ -554,14 +554,6 @@ config MVME147_SCC
This is the driver for the serial ports on the Motorola MVME147
boards. Everyone using one of these boards should say Y here.
config SERIAL167
bool "CD2401 support for MVME166/7 serial ports"
depends on MVME16x
help
This is the driver for the serial ports on the Motorola MVME166,
167, and 172 boards. Everyone using one of these boards should say
Y here.
config MVME162_SCC
bool "SCC support for MVME162 serial ports"
depends on MVME16x && BROKEN
......
......@@ -15,63 +15,6 @@ config DEVKMEM
kind of kernel debugging operations.
When in doubt, say "N".
config COMPUTONE
tristate "Computone IntelliPort Plus serial support"
depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
---help---
This driver supports the entire family of Intelliport II/Plus
controllers with the exception of the MicroChannel controllers and
products previous to the Intelliport II. These are multiport cards,
which give you many serial ports. You would need something like this
to connect more than two modems to your Linux box, for instance in
order to become a dial-in server. If you have a card like that, say
Y here and read <file:Documentation/serial/computone.txt>.
To compile this driver as module, choose M here: the
module will be called ip2.
config DIGIEPCA
tristate "Digiboard Intelligent Async Support"
depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
---help---
This is a driver for Digi International's Xx, Xeve, and Xem series
of cards which provide multiple serial ports. You would need
something like this to connect more than two modems to your Linux
box, for instance in order to become a dial-in server. This driver
supports the original PC (ISA) boards as well as PCI, and EISA. If
you have a card like this, say Y here and read the file
<file:Documentation/serial/digiepca.txt>.
To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
module will be called epca.
config RISCOM8
tristate "SDL RISCom/8 card support"
depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
help
This is a driver for the SDL Communications RISCom/8 multiport card,
which gives you many serial ports. You would need something like
this to connect more than two modems to your Linux box, for instance
in order to become a dial-in server. If you have a card like that,
say Y here and read the file <file:Documentation/serial/riscom8.txt>.
Also it's possible to say M here and compile this driver as kernel
loadable module; the module will be called riscom8.
config SPECIALIX
tristate "Specialix IO8+ card support"
depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
help
This is a driver for the Specialix IO8+ multiport card (both the
ISA and the PCI version) which gives you many serial ports. You
would need something like this to connect more than two modems to
your Linux box, for instance in order to become a dial-in server.
If you have a card like that, say Y here and read the file
<file:Documentation/serial/specialix.txt>. Also it's possible to say
M here and compile this driver as kernel loadable module which will be
called specialix.
config SX
tristate "Specialix SX (and SI) card support"
depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (PCI || EISA || ISA) && BROKEN
......@@ -112,28 +55,6 @@ config STALDRV
in this case. If you have never heard about all this, it's safe to
say N.
config STALLION
tristate "Stallion EasyIO or EC8/32 support"
depends on STALDRV && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
help
If you have an EasyIO or EasyConnection 8/32 multiport Stallion
card, then this is for you; say Y. Make sure to read
<file:Documentation/serial/stallion.txt>.
To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
module will be called stallion.
config ISTALLION
tristate "Stallion EC8/64, ONboard, Brumby support"
depends on STALDRV && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
help
If you have an EasyConnection 8/64, ONboard, Brumby or Stallion
serial multiport card, say Y here. Make sure to read
<file:Documentation/serial/stallion.txt>.
To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
module will be called istallion.
config A2232
tristate "Commodore A2232 serial support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
depends on EXPERIMENTAL && ZORRO && BROKEN
......
......@@ -8,15 +8,8 @@ obj-y += misc.o
obj-$(CONFIG_MVME147_SCC) += generic_serial.o vme_scc.o
obj-$(CONFIG_MVME162_SCC) += generic_serial.o vme_scc.o
obj-$(CONFIG_BVME6000_SCC) += generic_serial.o vme_scc.o
obj-$(CONFIG_SERIAL167) += serial167.o
obj-$(CONFIG_STALLION) += stallion.o
obj-$(CONFIG_ISTALLION) += istallion.o
obj-$(CONFIG_DIGIEPCA) += epca.o
obj-$(CONFIG_SPECIALIX) += specialix.o
obj-$(CONFIG_A2232) += ser_a2232.o generic_serial.o
obj-$(CONFIG_ATARI_DSP56K) += dsp56k.o
obj-$(CONFIG_COMPUTONE) += ip2/
obj-$(CONFIG_RISCOM8) += riscom8.o
obj-$(CONFIG_SX) += sx.o generic_serial.o
obj-$(CONFIG_RIO) += rio/ generic_serial.o
obj-$(CONFIG_RAW_DRIVER) += raw.o
......
......@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ config STAGING_EXCLUDE_BUILD
if !STAGING_EXCLUDE_BUILD
source "drivers/staging/tty/Kconfig"
source "drivers/staging/et131x/Kconfig"
source "drivers/staging/slicoss/Kconfig"
......
......@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
# fix for build system bug...
obj-$(CONFIG_STAGING) += staging.o
obj-y += tty/
obj-$(CONFIG_ET131X) += et131x/
obj-$(CONFIG_SLICOSS) += slicoss/
obj-$(CONFIG_VIDEO_GO7007) += go7007/
......
config STALLION
tristate "Stallion EasyIO or EC8/32 support"
depends on STALDRV && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
help
If you have an EasyIO or EasyConnection 8/32 multiport Stallion
card, then this is for you; say Y. Make sure to read
<file:Documentation/serial/stallion.txt>.
To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
module will be called stallion.
config ISTALLION
tristate "Stallion EC8/64, ONboard, Brumby support"
depends on STALDRV && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
help
If you have an EasyConnection 8/64, ONboard, Brumby or Stallion
serial multiport card, say Y here. Make sure to read
<file:Documentation/serial/stallion.txt>.
To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
module will be called istallion.
config DIGIEPCA
tristate "Digiboard Intelligent Async Support"
depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
---help---
This is a driver for Digi International's Xx, Xeve, and Xem series
of cards which provide multiple serial ports. You would need
something like this to connect more than two modems to your Linux
box, for instance in order to become a dial-in server. This driver
supports the original PC (ISA) boards as well as PCI, and EISA. If
you have a card like this, say Y here and read the file
<file:Documentation/serial/digiepca.txt>.
To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
module will be called epca.
config RISCOM8
tristate "SDL RISCom/8 card support"
depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
help
This is a driver for the SDL Communications RISCom/8 multiport card,
which gives you many serial ports. You would need something like
this to connect more than two modems to your Linux box, for instance
in order to become a dial-in server. If you have a card like that,
say Y here and read the file <file:Documentation/serial/riscom8.txt>.
Also it's possible to say M here and compile this driver as kernel
loadable module; the module will be called riscom8.
config SPECIALIX
tristate "Specialix IO8+ card support"
depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
help
This is a driver for the Specialix IO8+ multiport card (both the
ISA and the PCI version) which gives you many serial ports. You
would need something like this to connect more than two modems to
your Linux box, for instance in order to become a dial-in server.
If you have a card like that, say Y here and read the file
<file:Documentation/serial/specialix.txt>. Also it's possible to say
M here and compile this driver as kernel loadable module which will be
called specialix.
config COMPUTONE
tristate "Computone IntelliPort Plus serial support"
depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
---help---
This driver supports the entire family of Intelliport II/Plus
controllers with the exception of the MicroChannel controllers and
products previous to the Intelliport II. These are multiport cards,
which give you many serial ports. You would need something like this
to connect more than two modems to your Linux box, for instance in
order to become a dial-in server. If you have a card like that, say
Y here and read <file:Documentation/serial/computone.txt>.
To compile this driver as module, choose M here: the
module will be called ip2.
config SERIAL167
bool "CD2401 support for MVME166/7 serial ports"
depends on MVME16x
help
This is the driver for the serial ports on the Motorola MVME166,
167, and 172 boards. Everyone using one of these boards should say
Y here.
obj-$(CONFIG_STALLION) += stallion.o
obj-$(CONFIG_ISTALLION) += istallion.o
obj-$(CONFIG_DIGIEPCA) += epca.o
obj-$(CONFIG_SERIAL167) += serial167.o
obj-$(CONFIG_SPECIALIX) += specialix.o
obj-$(CONFIG_RISCOM8) += riscom8.o
obj-$(CONFIG_COMPUTONE) += ip2/
These are a few tty/serial drivers that either do not build,
or work if they do build, or if they seem to work, are for obsolete
hardware, or are full of unfixable races and no one uses them anymore.
If no one steps up to adopt any of these drivers, they will be removed
in the 2.6.41 release.
Markdown is supported
0%
or
You are about to add 0 people to the discussion. Proceed with caution.
Finish editing this message first!
Please register or to comment