From 6569a351da7e58d6f0fbc92fcf0bef5d4a4bc0a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jes Sorensen <jes@sgi.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2006 15:34:11 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] [NET]: Eliminate unused /proc/sys/net/ethernet
The /proc/sys/net/ethernet directory has been sitting empty for more than
10 years! Time to eliminate it!
Signed-off-by: Jes Sorensen <jes@sgi.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
---
net/ethernet/Makefile | 1 -
net/ethernet/sysctl_net_ether.c | 14 --------------
net/sysctl_net.c | 8 --------
3 files changed, 23 deletions(-)
delete mode 100644 net/ethernet/sysctl_net_ether.c
diff --git a/net/ethernet/Makefile b/net/ethernet/Makefile
index 69b74a9a0fc3a..7cef1d8ace273 100644
--- a/net/ethernet/Makefile
+++ b/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
diff --git a/net/ethernet/sysctl_net_ether.c b/net/ethernet/sysctl_net_ether.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 66b39fc342d20..0000000000000
--- a/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}
-};
diff --git a/net/sysctl_net.c b/net/sysctl_net.c
index 55538f6b60ffc..58a1b6b42dddb 100644
--- a/net/sysctl_net.c
+++ b/net/sysctl_net.c
@@ -37,14 +37,6 @@ struct ctl_table net_table[] = {
.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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