Bug ID | 1208780 |
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Summary | Disable deprecated PCMCIA drivers |
Classification | openSUSE |
Product | openSUSE Tumbleweed |
Version | Current |
Hardware | Other |
OS | Other |
Status | NEW |
Severity | Normal |
Priority | P5 - None |
Component | Kernel |
Assignee | jslaby@suse.com |
Reporter | jslaby@suse.com |
QA Contact | qa-bugs@suse.de |
CC | mkubecek@suse.com |
Found By | --- |
Blocker | --- |
There is an upstream list of PCMCIA drivers that are about to be removed from the kernel in the near future: https://lore.kernel.org/all/Y07d7rMvd5++85BJ@owl.dominikbrodowski.net/ Let's disable those marked as [-] for a couple of reasons: 1) to see if there are any users 2) drop orphaned (potentially insecure) code 3) free some space The list: > [-] PCMCIA_BCM63XX - bcm63xx_pcmcia.c bcm63xx_pcmcia.h : no specific activity since driver was added in 2009 > [-] ELECTRA_CF - electra_cf.c : no specific activity since driver was added in 2007 > [-] I82092 - i82092.c i82092aa.h : bugfix in 2010 > [-] I82365 - i82365.c i82365.h : some activity in 2009 (?) > [-] OMAP_CF - omap_cf.c : some activity in 2007 > [-] PD6729 - pd6729.c pd6729.h : bugfix in 2010 > [-] TCIC - tcic.c tcic.h : no specific activity since Linux-2.6.12-rc2 > [-] PCMCIA_XXS1500 - xxs1500_ss.c : bugfix in 2010 > [-] drivers/bluetooth/bt3c_cs.c some activity in 2006 > [-] drivers/bluetooth/dtl1_cs.c some activity in 2006 > [-] drivers/char/pcmcia/cm4000_cs.c see https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/f41c2765-80e0-48bc-b1e4-8cfd3230fd4a@www.fastmail.com/ > [-] drivers/char/pcmcia/cm4040_cs.c see https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/f41c2765-80e0-48bc-b1e4-8cfd3230fd4a@www.fastmail.com/ > [-] drivers/char/pcmcia/synclink_cs.c see https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/f41c2765-80e0-48bc-b1e4-8cfd3230fd4a@www.fastmail.com/ > [-] drivers/net/ethernet/3com/3c589_cs.c no specific activity since 2011 > [-] drivers/net/ethernet/8390/axnet_cs.c no specific activity since 2011 > [-] drivers/net/ethernet/fujitsu/fmvj18x_cs.c no specific activity since 2011 > [-] drivers/net/ethernet/smsc/smc91c92_cs.c no specific activity since 2011 > [-] drivers/net/ethernet/xircom/xirc2ps_cs.c no specific activity since 2011 > [-] drivers/net/wireless/atmel/atmel_cs.c no specific activity since tree reorganization 2015 > [-] drivers/net/wireless/cisco/airo_cs.c no specific activity since tree reorganization 2015 > [-] drivers/net/wireless/intersil/hostap/hostap_cs.c no specific activity since tree reorganization 2015 > [-] drivers/net/wireless/intersil/orinoco/orinoco_cs.c no specific activity since tree reorganization 2015 > [-] drivers/net/wireless/intersil/orinoco/spectrum_cs.c no specific activity since tree reorganization 2015 > [-] drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas/if_cs.c no specific activity since tree reorganization 2015 > [-] drivers/parport/parport_cs.c no specific activity since Linux-2.6.12-rc2 > [-] drivers/scsi/pcmcia/aha152x_stub.c bugfix in 2009 > [-] drivers/scsi/pcmcia/qlogic_stub.c no specific activity since Linux-2.6.12-rc2 > [-] drivers/usb/host/sl811_cs.c added in 2005 > [-] sound/pcmcia/pdaudiocf/pdaudiocf.c some activity in 2006 > [-] sound/pcmcia/vx/vxpocket.c some activity in 2006