drivers/net: delete old 8bit ISA 3c501 driver.

It was amusing that linux was able to make use of this 1980's
technology on machines long past its intended lifespan, but
it probably should go now.

To set some context, the 3c501 was designed in the 1980's to be
used on 8088 PC-XT 8bit ISA machines.  It was built using a large
number of discrete TTL components and truly looks like a relic
of the ancient past before large scale integration was common.

But from a functional point of view, the real issue, as stated
in the (also obsolete) Ethernet-HowTo, is that "...the 3c501 can
only do one thing at a time -- while you are removing one packet
from the single-packet buffer it cannot receive another packet,
nor can it receive a packet while loading a transmit packet."

You know things are not good when the Kconfig help text suggests
you make a cron job doing a ping every minute.

Hardware that old and crippled is simply not going to be used by
anyone in a time where 10 year old 100Mbit PCI cards (that are
still functional) are largely give-away items.

Cc: Alan Cox <alan@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>

drivers/net/Space.c

@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ extern struct net_device *fmv18x_probe(int unit);
 extern struct net_device *eth16i_probe(int unit);
 extern struct net_device *i82596_probe(int unit);
 extern struct net_device *ewrk3_probe(int unit);
-extern struct net_device *el1_probe(int unit);
 extern struct net_device *el16_probe(int unit);
 extern struct net_device *elplus_probe(int unit);
 extern struct net_device *e2100_probe(int unit);
@@ -168,9 +167,6 @@ static struct devprobe2 isa_probes[] __initdata = {
 #if defined(CONFIG_MVME16x_NET) || defined(CONFIG_BVME6000_NET)	/* Intel I82596 */
 	{i82596_probe, 0},
 #endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_EL1		/* 3c501 */
-	{el1_probe, 0},
-#endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_EL16		/* 3c507 */
 	{el16_probe, 0},
 #endif

drivers/net/ethernet/3com/3c501.h

-
-/*
- *	Index to functions.
- */
-
-static int  el1_probe1(struct net_device *dev, int ioaddr);
-static int  el_open(struct net_device *dev);
-static void el_timeout(struct net_device *dev);
-static netdev_tx_t el_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev);
-static irqreturn_t el_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id);
-static void el_receive(struct net_device *dev);
-static void el_reset(struct net_device *dev);
-static int  el1_close(struct net_device *dev);
-static void set_multicast_list(struct net_device *dev);
-static const struct ethtool_ops netdev_ethtool_ops;
-
-#define EL1_IO_EXTENT	16
-
-#ifndef EL_DEBUG
-#define EL_DEBUG  0	/* use 0 for production, 1 for devel., >2 for debug */
-#endif			/* Anything above 5 is wordy death! */
-#define debug el_debug
-static int el_debug = EL_DEBUG;
-
-/*
- *	Board-specific info in netdev_priv(dev).
- */
-
-struct net_local
-{
-	int		tx_pkt_start;	/* The length of the current Tx packet. */
-	int		collisions;	/* Tx collisions this packet */
-	int		loading;	/* Spot buffer load collisions */
-	int		txing;		/* True if card is in TX mode */
-	spinlock_t	lock;		/* Serializing lock */
-};
-
-
-#define RX_STATUS (ioaddr + 0x06)
-#define RX_CMD	  RX_STATUS
-#define TX_STATUS (ioaddr + 0x07)
-#define TX_CMD	  TX_STATUS
-#define GP_LOW 	  (ioaddr + 0x08)
-#define GP_HIGH   (ioaddr + 0x09)
-#define RX_BUF_CLR (ioaddr + 0x0A)
-#define RX_LOW	  (ioaddr + 0x0A)
-#define RX_HIGH   (ioaddr + 0x0B)
-#define SAPROM	  (ioaddr + 0x0C)
-#define AX_STATUS (ioaddr + 0x0E)
-#define AX_CMD	  AX_STATUS
-#define DATAPORT  (ioaddr + 0x0F)
-#define TX_RDY 0x08		/* In TX_STATUS */
-
-#define EL1_DATAPTR	0x08
-#define EL1_RXPTR	0x0A
-#define EL1_SAPROM	0x0C
-#define EL1_DATAPORT 	0x0f
-
-/*
- *	Writes to the ax command register.
- */
-
-#define AX_OFF	0x00			/* Irq off, buffer access on */
-#define AX_SYS  0x40			/* Load the buffer */
-#define AX_XMIT 0x44			/* Transmit a packet */
-#define AX_RX	0x48			/* Receive a packet */
-#define AX_LOOP	0x0C			/* Loopback mode */
-#define AX_RESET 0x80
-
-/*
- *	Normal receive mode written to RX_STATUS.  We must intr on short packets
- *	to avoid bogus rx lockups.
- */
-
-#define RX_NORM 0xA8		/* 0x68 == all addrs, 0xA8 only to me. */
-#define RX_PROM 0x68		/* Senior Prom, uhmm promiscuous mode. */
-#define RX_MULT 0xE8		/* Accept multicast packets. */
-#define TX_NORM 0x0A		/* Interrupt on everything that might hang the chip */
-
-/*
- *	TX_STATUS register.
- */
-
-#define TX_COLLISION 0x02
-#define TX_16COLLISIONS 0x04
-#define TX_READY 0x08
-
-#define RX_RUNT 0x08
-#define RX_MISSED 0x01		/* Missed a packet due to 3c501 braindamage. */
-#define RX_GOOD	0x30		/* Good packet 0x20, or simple overflow 0x10. */
-

drivers/net/ethernet/3com/Kconfig

@@ -18,20 +18,6 @@ config NET_VENDOR_3COM
 
 if NET_VENDOR_3COM
 
-config EL1
-	tristate "3c501 \"EtherLink\" support"
-	depends on ISA
-	---help---
-	  If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
-	  the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
-	  <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.  Also, consider buying a
-	  new card, since the 3c501 is slow, broken, and obsolete: you will
-	  have problems.  Some people suggest to ping ("man ping") a nearby
-	  machine every minute ("man cron") when using this card.
-
-	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
-	  will be called 3c501.
-
 config EL3
 	tristate "3c509/3c579 \"EtherLink III\" support"
 	depends on (ISA || EISA)

drivers/net/ethernet/3com/Makefile

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 # Makefile for the 3Com Ethernet device drivers
 #
 
-obj-$(CONFIG_EL1) += 3c501.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_EL3) += 3c509.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_3C515) += 3c515.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PCMCIA_3C589) += 3c589_cs.o