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SubjectRe: [patch] eliminte unused /proc/sys/net/ethernet
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>>>>> "Jes" == Jes Sorensen <jes@sgi.com> writes:

Jes> Hi, Given that /proc/sys/net/ethernet is > 10 years old and empty
Jes> - maybe we should just nuke it off the face of the planet?

DOH!

Forgot to remove it from the Makefile ... here we go again.

Jes

The /proc/sys/net/ehternet directory has been sitting empty
for more than 10 years! Time to eliminate it!

Signed-off-by: Jes Sorensen <jes@sgi.com>

---
net/ethernet/Makefile | 1 -
net/ethernet/sysctl_net_ether.c | 14 --------------
net/sysctl_net.c | 8 --------
3 files changed, 23 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6/net/ethernet/Makefile
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/net/ethernet/Makefile
+++ linux-2.6/net/ethernet/Makefile
@@ -3,6 +3,5 @@
#

obj-y += eth.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_SYSCTL) += sysctl_net_ether.o
obj-$(subst m,y,$(CONFIG_IPX)) += pe2.o
obj-$(subst m,y,$(CONFIG_ATALK)) += pe2.o
Index: linux-2.6/net/ethernet/sysctl_net_ether.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/net/ethernet/sysctl_net_ether.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-/* -*- linux-c -*-
- * sysctl_net_ether.c: sysctl interface to net Ethernet subsystem.
- *
- * Begun April 1, 1996, Mike Shaver.
- * Added /proc/sys/net/ether directory entry (empty =) ). [MS]
- */
-
-#include <linux/mm.h>
-#include <linux/sysctl.h>
-#include <linux/if_ether.h>
-
-ctl_table ether_table[] = {
- {0}
-};
Index: linux-2.6/net/sysctl_net.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/net/sysctl_net.c
+++ linux-2.6/net/sysctl_net.c
@@ -37,14 +37,6 @@
.mode = 0555,
.child = core_table,
},
-#ifdef CONFIG_NET
- {
- .ctl_name = NET_ETHER,
- .procname = "ethernet",
- .mode = 0555,
- .child = ether_table,
- },
-#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_INET
{
.ctl_name = NET_IPV4,
-
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