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| author | Kristina Martšenko <kristina.martsenko@gmail.com> | 2014-07-24 23:30:46 (GMT) |
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| committer | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> | 2014-07-27 18:24:37 (GMT) |
| commit | ad8c12eea0cb02040a2705ed28e020b49bb06a3c (patch) | |
| tree | 74e3059baffd1f8b07d08ef6c32c793a5d3e8c81 /drivers/staging/silicom/README | |
| parent | 8fa6cfc73283b687067687955f459720054bbe90 (diff) | |
| download | linux-ad8c12eea0cb02040a2705ed28e020b49bb06a3c.tar.xz | |
staging: silicom: remove driver
The driver hasn't been cleaned up and it doesn't look like anyone is
working on it anymore (including the original author). So remove it.
If someone wants to work on cleaning the driver up and moving it out of
staging, this commit can be reverted.
In addition, since this removes the CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_SILICOM config
symbol, remove the symbol from all defconfig files that reference it.
Signed-off-by: Kristina Martšenko <kristina.martsenko@gmail.com>
Cc: Daniel Cotey <puff65537@bansheeslibrary.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/staging/silicom/README')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/staging/silicom/README | 14 |
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/staging/silicom/README b/drivers/staging/silicom/README deleted file mode 100644 index ae970b3..0000000 --- a/drivers/staging/silicom/README +++ /dev/null @@ -1,14 +0,0 @@ - -Theory of Operation: - -The Silicom Bypass Network Interface Cards (NICs) are network cards with paired ports (2 or 4). -The pairs either act as a "wire" allowing the network packets to pass or insert the device in -between the two ports. When paired with the on-board hardware watchdog or other failsafe, -they provide high availability for the network in the face of software outages or maintenance. - -The software requirements are for a kernel level driver that interfaces with the bypass and watchdog, -as well as for control software. User control can be either the provided standalone executable -(/bin/bpctl) or the API exposed by the Silicom library. - - - |