can: remove obsolete PCH CAN driver
authorOliver Hartkopp <socketcan@hartkopp.net>
Sat, 24 Sep 2022 17:44:24 +0000 (19:44 +0200)
committerMarc Kleine-Budde <mkl@pengutronix.de>
Wed, 19 Oct 2022 19:33:30 +0000 (21:33 +0200)
commit1dd1b521be85417ec409062319520ca26c1c589e
tree083290bfb9e97f1f8332665d5bad9b4882788d4a
parentde1deb156970bade8b877124c4142edac1696ee6
can: remove obsolete PCH CAN driver

The PCH CAN driver is a driver for a Bosch C_CAN controller IP core which
is attached to the system via PCI. This code has been introduced in 2011
by Oki Semiconductors developers to support the Intel Atom E6xx series
I/O Hub (aka EG20T IOH PCH CAN). Since 2012 the driver only has been
maintained by the kernel community.

As there is a well maintained and continously tested C_CAN/D_CAN driver
which also supports the PCI configuration from the PCH CAN EG20T setup
this driver became obsolete.

Cc: Jacob Kroon <jacob.kroon@gmail.com>
Cc: Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@pengutronix.de>
Cc: Dario Binacchi <dariobin@libero.it>
Cc: Wolfgang Grandegger <wg@grandegger.com>
Signed-off-by: Oliver Hartkopp <socketcan@hartkopp.net>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220924174424.86541-1-socketcan@hartkopp.net
Acked-by: Jacob Kroon <jacob.kroon@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@pengutronix.de>
drivers/net/can/Kconfig
drivers/net/can/Makefile
drivers/net/can/c_can/Kconfig
drivers/net/can/pch_can.c [deleted file]