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* [PATCH net-next] net: appletalk: remove Apple/Farallon LocalTalk PC support
@ 2022-05-09 15:01 Jakub Kicinski
  2022-05-09 17:14 ` Arnd Bergmann
  2022-05-11 12:20 ` patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 11+ messages in thread
From: Jakub Kicinski @ 2022-05-09 15:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: davem
  Cc: netdev, pabeni, edumazet, Jakub Kicinski, corbet, arnd,
	jiapeng.chong, linux-doc

Looks like all the changes to this driver had been tree-wide
refactoring since git era begun. The driver is using virt_to_bus()
we should make it use more modern DMA APIs but since it's unlikely
to be getting any use these days delete it instead. We can always
revert to bring it back.

Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
---
CC: corbet@lwn.net
CC: arnd@arndb.de
CC: jiapeng.chong@linux.alibaba.com
CC: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
---
 .../device_drivers/appletalk/index.rst        |    1 -
 .../device_drivers/appletalk/ltpc.rst         |  144 --
 drivers/net/appletalk/Kconfig                 |   11 -
 drivers/net/appletalk/Makefile                |    1 -
 drivers/net/appletalk/ltpc.c                  | 1277 -----------------
 drivers/net/appletalk/ltpc.h                  |   74 -
 6 files changed, 1508 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 Documentation/networking/device_drivers/appletalk/ltpc.rst
 delete mode 100644 drivers/net/appletalk/ltpc.c
 delete mode 100644 drivers/net/appletalk/ltpc.h

diff --git a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/appletalk/index.rst b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/appletalk/index.rst
index de7507f02037..c196baeb0856 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/appletalk/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/appletalk/index.rst
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ AppleTalk Device Drivers
    :maxdepth: 2
 
    cops
-   ltpc
 
 .. only::  subproject and html
 
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/appletalk/ltpc.rst b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/appletalk/ltpc.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 0ad197fd17ce..000000000000
--- a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/appletalk/ltpc.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,144 +0,0 @@
-.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-
-===========
-LTPC Driver
-===========
-
-This is the ALPHA version of the ltpc driver.
-
-In order to use it, you will need at least version 1.3.3 of the
-netatalk package, and the Apple or Farallon LocalTalk PC card.
-There are a number of different LocalTalk cards for the PC; this
-driver applies only to the one with the 65c02 processor chip on it.
-
-To include it in the kernel, select the CONFIG_LTPC switch in the
-configuration dialog.  You can also compile it as a module.
-
-While the driver will attempt to autoprobe the I/O port address, IRQ
-line, and DMA channel of the card, this does not always work.  For
-this reason, you should be prepared to supply these parameters
-yourself.  (see "Card Configuration" below for how to determine or
-change the settings on your card)
-
-When the driver is compiled into the kernel, you can add a line such
-as the following to your /etc/lilo.conf::
-
- append="ltpc=0x240,9,1"
-
-where the parameters (in order) are the port address, IRQ, and DMA
-channel.  The second and third values can be omitted, in which case
-the driver will try to determine them itself.
-
-If you load the driver as a module, you can pass the parameters "io=",
-"irq=", and "dma=" on the command line with insmod or modprobe, or add
-them as options in a configuration file in /etc/modprobe.d/ directory::
-
- alias lt0 ltpc # autoload the module when the interface is configured
- options ltpc io=0x240 irq=9 dma=1
-
-Before starting up the netatalk demons (perhaps in rc.local), you
-need to add a line such as::
-
- /sbin/ifconfig lt0 127.0.0.42
-
-The address is unimportant - however, the card needs to be configured
-with ifconfig so that Netatalk can find it.
-
-The appropriate netatalk configuration depends on whether you are
-attached to a network that includes AppleTalk routers or not.  If,
-like me, you are simply connecting to your home Macintoshes and
-printers, you need to set up netatalk to "seed".  The way I do this
-is to have the lines::
-
- dummy -seed -phase 2 -net 2000 -addr 2000.26 -zone "1033"
- lt0 -seed -phase 1 -net 1033 -addr 1033.27 -zone "1033"
-
-in my atalkd.conf.  What is going on here is that I need to fool
-netatalk into thinking that there are two AppleTalk interfaces
-present; otherwise, it refuses to seed.  This is a hack, and a more
-permanent solution would be to alter the netatalk code.  Also, make
-sure you have the correct name for the dummy interface - If it's
-compiled as a module, you will need to refer to it as "dummy0" or some
-such.
-
-If you are attached to an extended AppleTalk network, with routers on
-it, then you don't need to fool around with this -- the appropriate
-line in atalkd.conf is::
-
- lt0 -phase 1
-
-
-Card Configuration
-==================
-
-The interrupts and so forth are configured via the dipswitch on the
-board.  Set the switches so as not to conflict with other hardware.
-
-       Interrupts -- set at most one.  If none are set, the driver uses
-       polled mode.  Because the card was developed in the XT era, the
-       original documentation refers to IRQ2.  Since you'll be running
-       this on an AT (or later) class machine, that really means IRQ9.
-
-       ===     ===========================================================
-       SW1     IRQ 4
-       SW2     IRQ 3
-       SW3     IRQ 9 (2 in original card documentation only applies to XT)
-       ===     ===========================================================
-
-
-       DMA -- choose DMA 1 or 3, and set both corresponding switches.
-
-       ===     =====
-       SW4     DMA 3
-       SW5     DMA 1
-       SW6     DMA 3
-       SW7     DMA 1
-       ===     =====
-
-
-       I/O address -- choose one.
-
-       ===     =========
-       SW8     220 / 240
-       ===     =========
-
-
-IP
-==
-
-Yes, it is possible to do IP over LocalTalk.  However, you can't just
-treat the LocalTalk device like an ordinary Ethernet device, even if
-that's what it looks like to Netatalk.
-
-Instead, you follow the same procedure as for doing IP in EtherTalk.
-See Documentation/networking/ipddp.rst for more information about the
-kernel driver and userspace tools needed.
-
-
-Bugs
-====
-
-IRQ autoprobing often doesn't work on a cold boot.  To get around
-this, either compile the driver as a module, or pass the parameters
-for the card to the kernel as described above.
-
-Also, as usual, autoprobing is not recommended when you use the driver
-as a module. (though it usually works at boot time, at least)
-
-Polled mode is *really* slow sometimes, but this seems to depend on
-the configuration of the network.
-
-It may theoretically be possible to use two LTPC cards in the same
-machine, but this is unsupported, so if you really want to do this,
-you'll probably have to hack the initialization code a bit.
-
-
-Thanks
-======
-
-Thanks to Alan Cox for helpful discussions early on in this
-work, and to Denis Hainsworth for doing the bleeding-edge testing.
-
-Bradford Johnson <bradford@math.umn.edu>
-
-Updated 11/09/1998 by David Huggins-Daines <dhd@debian.org>
diff --git a/drivers/net/appletalk/Kconfig b/drivers/net/appletalk/Kconfig
index 90b9f1d6eda9..b38ed52b82bc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/appletalk/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/appletalk/Kconfig
@@ -39,17 +39,6 @@ config DEV_APPLETALK
 	  connect to the AppleTalk network, say Y.
 	  
 
-config LTPC
-	tristate "Apple/Farallon LocalTalk PC support"
-	depends on DEV_APPLETALK && (ISA || EISA) && ISA_DMA_API && VIRT_TO_BUS
-	help
-	  This allows you to use the AppleTalk PC card to connect to LocalTalk
-	  networks. The card is also known as the Farallon PhoneNet PC card.
-	  If you are in doubt, this card is the one with the 65C02 chip on it.
-	  You also need version 1.3.3 or later of the netatalk package.
-	  This driver is experimental, which means that it may not work.
-	  See the file <file:Documentation/networking/device_drivers/appletalk/ltpc.rst>.
-
 config COPS
 	tristate "COPS LocalTalk PC support"
 	depends on DEV_APPLETALK && ISA
diff --git a/drivers/net/appletalk/Makefile b/drivers/net/appletalk/Makefile
index 903da3303f41..6db2943ce5d6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/appletalk/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/net/appletalk/Makefile
@@ -5,4 +5,3 @@
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_IPDDP) += ipddp.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_COPS) += cops.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_LTPC) += ltpc.o
diff --git a/drivers/net/appletalk/ltpc.c b/drivers/net/appletalk/ltpc.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 388d7b3bd4c2..000000000000
--- a/drivers/net/appletalk/ltpc.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,1277 +0,0 @@
-/***    ltpc.c -- a driver for the LocalTalk PC card.
- *
- *      Copyright (c) 1995,1996 Bradford W. Johnson <johns393@maroon.tc.umn.edu>
- *
- *      This software may be used and distributed according to the terms
- *      of the GNU General Public License, incorporated herein by reference.
- *
- *      This is ALPHA code at best.  It may not work for you.  It may
- *      damage your equipment.  It may damage your relations with other
- *      users of your network.  Use it at your own risk!
- *
- *      Based in part on:
- *      skeleton.c      by Donald Becker
- *      dummy.c         by Nick Holloway and Alan Cox
- *      loopback.c      by Ross Biro, Fred van Kampen, Donald Becker
- *      the netatalk source code (UMICH)
- *      lots of work on the card...
- *
- *      I do not have access to the (proprietary) SDK that goes with the card.
- *      If you do, I don't want to know about it, and you can probably write
- *      a better driver yourself anyway.  This does mean that the pieces that
- *      talk to the card are guesswork on my part, so use at your own risk!
- *
- *      This is my first try at writing Linux networking code, and is also
- *      guesswork.  Again, use at your own risk!  (Although on this part, I'd
- *      welcome suggestions)
- *
- *      This is a loadable kernel module which seems to work at my site
- *      consisting of a 1.2.13 linux box running netatalk 1.3.3, and with
- *      the kernel support from 1.3.3b2 including patches routing.patch
- *      and ddp.disappears.from.chooser.  In order to run it, you will need
- *      to patch ddp.c and aarp.c in the kernel, but only a little...
- *
- *      I'm fairly confident that while this is arguably badly written, the
- *      problems that people experience will be "higher level", that is, with
- *      complications in the netatalk code.  The driver itself doesn't do
- *      anything terribly complicated -- it pretends to be an ether device
- *      as far as netatalk is concerned, strips the DDP data out of the ether
- *      frame and builds a LLAP packet to send out the card.  In the other
- *      direction, it receives LLAP frames from the card and builds a fake
- *      ether packet that it then tosses up to the networking code.  You can
- *      argue (correctly) that this is an ugly way to do things, but it
- *      requires a minimal amount of fooling with the code in ddp.c and aarp.c.
- *
- *      The card will do a lot more than is used here -- I *think* it has the
- *      layers up through ATP.  Even if you knew how that part works (which I
- *      don't) it would be a big job to carve up the kernel ddp code to insert
- *      things at a higher level, and probably a bad idea...
- *
- *      There are a number of other cards that do LocalTalk on the PC.  If
- *      nobody finds any insurmountable (at the netatalk level) problems
- *      here, this driver should encourage people to put some work into the
- *      other cards (some of which I gather are still commercially available)
- *      and also to put hooks for LocalTalk into the official ddp code.
- *
- *      I welcome comments and suggestions.  This is my first try at Linux
- *      networking stuff, and there are probably lots of things that I did
- *      suboptimally.  
- *
- ***/
-
-/***
- *
- * $Log: ltpc.c,v $
- * Revision 1.1.2.1  2000/03/01 05:35:07  jgarzik
- * at and tr cleanup
- *
- * Revision 1.8  1997/01/28 05:44:54  bradford
- * Clean up for non-module a little.
- * Hacked about a bit to clean things up - Alan Cox 
- * Probably broken it from the origina 1.8
- *
-
- * 1998/11/09: David Huggins-Daines <dhd@debian.org>
- * Cleaned up the initialization code to use the standard autoirq methods,
-   and to probe for things in the standard order of i/o, irq, dma.  This
-   removes the "reset the reset" hack, because I couldn't figure out an
-   easy way to get the card to trigger an interrupt after it.
- * Added support for passing configuration parameters on the kernel command
-   line and through insmod
- * Changed the device name from "ltalk0" to "lt0", both to conform with the
-   other localtalk driver, and to clear up the inconsistency between the
-   module and the non-module versions of the driver :-)
- * Added a bunch of comments (I was going to make some enums for the state
-   codes and the register offsets, but I'm still not sure exactly what their
-   semantics are)
- * Don't poll anymore in interrupt-driven mode
- * It seems to work as a module now (as of 2.1.127), but I don't think
-   I'm responsible for that...
-
- *
- * Revision 1.7  1996/12/12 03:42:33  bradford
- * DMA alloc cribbed from 3c505.c.
- *
- * Revision 1.6  1996/12/12 03:18:58  bradford
- * Added virt_to_bus; works in 2.1.13.
- *
- * Revision 1.5  1996/12/12 03:13:22  root
- * xmitQel initialization -- think through better though.
- *
- * Revision 1.4  1996/06/18 14:55:55  root
- * Change names to ltpc. Tabs. Took a shot at dma alloc,
- * although more needs to be done eventually.
- *
- * Revision 1.3  1996/05/22 14:59:39  root
- * Change dev->open, dev->close to track dummy.c in 1.99.(around 7)
- *
- * Revision 1.2  1996/05/22 14:58:24  root
- * Change tabs mostly.
- *
- * Revision 1.1  1996/04/23 04:45:09  root
- * Initial revision
- *
- * Revision 0.16  1996/03/05 15:59:56  root
- * Change ARPHRD_LOCALTLK definition to the "real" one.
- *
- * Revision 0.15  1996/03/05 06:28:30  root
- * Changes for kernel 1.3.70.  Still need a few patches to kernel, but
- * it's getting closer.
- *
- * Revision 0.14  1996/02/25 17:38:32  root
- * More cleanups.  Removed query to card on get_stats.
- *
- * Revision 0.13  1996/02/21  16:27:40  root
- * Refix debug_print_skb.  Fix mac.raw gotcha that appeared in 1.3.65.
- * Clean up receive code a little.
- *
- * Revision 0.12  1996/02/19  16:34:53  root
- * Fix debug_print_skb.  Kludge outgoing snet to 0 when using startup
- * range.  Change debug to mask: 1 for verbose, 2 for higher level stuff
- * including packet printing, 4 for lower level (card i/o) stuff.
- *
- * Revision 0.11  1996/02/12  15:53:38  root
- * Added router sends (requires new aarp.c patch)
- *
- * Revision 0.10  1996/02/11  00:19:35  root
- * Change source LTALK_LOGGING debug switch to insmod ... debug=2.
- *
- * Revision 0.9  1996/02/10  23:59:35  root
- * Fixed those fixes for 1.2 -- DANGER!  The at.h that comes with netatalk
- * has a *different* definition of struct sockaddr_at than the Linux kernel
- * does.  This is an "insidious and invidious" bug...
- * (Actually the preceding comment is false -- it's the atalk.h in the
- * ancient atalk-0.06 that's the problem)
- *
- * Revision 0.8  1996/02/10 19:09:00  root
- * Merge 1.3 changes.  Tested OK under 1.3.60.
- *
- * Revision 0.7  1996/02/10 17:56:56  root
- * Added debug=1 parameter on insmod for debugging prints.  Tried
- * to fix timer unload on rmmod, but I don't think that's the problem.
- *
- * Revision 0.6  1995/12/31  19:01:09  root
- * Clean up rmmod, irq comments per feedback from Corin Anderson (Thanks Corey!)
- * Clean up initial probing -- sometimes the card wakes up latched in reset.
- *
- * Revision 0.5  1995/12/22  06:03:44  root
- * Added comments in front and cleaned up a bit.
- * This version sent out to people.
- *
- * Revision 0.4  1995/12/18  03:46:44  root
- * Return shortDDP to longDDP fake to 0/0.  Added command structs.
- *
- ***/
-
-/* ltpc jumpers are:
-*
-*	Interrupts -- set at most one.  If none are set, the driver uses
-*	polled mode.  Because the card was developed in the XT era, the
-*	original documentation refers to IRQ2.  Since you'll be running
-*	this on an AT (or later) class machine, that really means IRQ9.
-*
-*	SW1	IRQ 4
-*	SW2	IRQ 3
-*	SW3	IRQ 9 (2 in original card documentation only applies to XT)
-*
-*
-*	DMA -- choose DMA 1 or 3, and set both corresponding switches.
-*
-*	SW4	DMA 3
-*	SW5	DMA 1
-*	SW6	DMA 3
-*	SW7	DMA 1
-*
-*
-*	I/O address -- choose one.  
-*
-*	SW8	220 / 240
-*/
-
-/*	To have some stuff logged, do 
-*	insmod ltpc.o debug=1
-*
-*	For a whole bunch of stuff, use higher numbers.
-*
-*	The default is 0, i.e. no messages except for the probe results.
-*/
-
-/* insmod-tweakable variables */
-static int debug;
-#define DEBUG_VERBOSE 1
-#define DEBUG_UPPER 2
-#define DEBUG_LOWER 4
-
-static int io;
-static int irq;
-static int dma;
-
-#include <linux/module.h>
-#include <linux/kernel.h>
-#include <linux/types.h>
-#include <linux/fcntl.h>
-#include <linux/interrupt.h>
-#include <linux/ptrace.h>
-#include <linux/ioport.h>
-#include <linux/spinlock.h>
-#include <linux/in.h>
-#include <linux/string.h>
-#include <linux/errno.h>
-#include <linux/init.h>
-#include <linux/netdevice.h>
-#include <linux/etherdevice.h>
-#include <linux/skbuff.h>
-#include <linux/if_arp.h>
-#include <linux/if_ltalk.h>
-#include <linux/delay.h>
-#include <linux/timer.h>
-#include <linux/atalk.h>
-#include <linux/bitops.h>
-#include <linux/gfp.h>
-
-#include <net/Space.h>
-
-#include <asm/dma.h>
-#include <asm/io.h>
-
-/* our stuff */
-#include "ltpc.h"
-
-static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(txqueue_lock);
-static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(mbox_lock);
-
-/* function prototypes */
-static int do_read(struct net_device *dev, void *cbuf, int cbuflen,
-	void *dbuf, int dbuflen);
-static int sendup_buffer (struct net_device *dev);
-
-/* Dma Memory related stuff, cribbed directly from 3c505.c */
-
-static unsigned long dma_mem_alloc(int size)
-{
-        int order = get_order(size);
-
-        return __get_dma_pages(GFP_KERNEL, order);
-}
-
-/* DMA data buffer, DMA command buffer */
-static unsigned char *ltdmabuf;
-static unsigned char *ltdmacbuf;
-
-/* private struct, holds our appletalk address */
-
-struct ltpc_private
-{
-	struct atalk_addr my_addr;
-};
-
-/* transmit queue element struct */
-
-struct xmitQel {
-	struct xmitQel *next;
-	/* command buffer */
-	unsigned char *cbuf;
-	short cbuflen;
-	/* data buffer */
-	unsigned char *dbuf;
-	short dbuflen;
-	unsigned char QWrite;	/* read or write data */
-	unsigned char mailbox;
-};
-
-/* the transmit queue itself */
-
-static struct xmitQel *xmQhd, *xmQtl;
-
-static void enQ(struct xmitQel *qel)
-{
-	unsigned long flags;
-	qel->next = NULL;
-	
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&txqueue_lock, flags);
-	if (xmQtl) {
-		xmQtl->next = qel;
-	} else {
-		xmQhd = qel;
-	}
-	xmQtl = qel;
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&txqueue_lock, flags);
-
-	if (debug & DEBUG_LOWER)
-		printk("enqueued a 0x%02x command\n",qel->cbuf[0]);
-}
-
-static struct xmitQel *deQ(void)
-{
-	unsigned long flags;
-	int i;
-	struct xmitQel *qel=NULL;
-	
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&txqueue_lock, flags);
-	if (xmQhd) {
-		qel = xmQhd;
-		xmQhd = qel->next;
-		if(!xmQhd) xmQtl = NULL;
-	}
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&txqueue_lock, flags);
-
-	if ((debug & DEBUG_LOWER) && qel) {
-		int n;
-		printk(KERN_DEBUG "ltpc: dequeued command ");
-		n = qel->cbuflen;
-		if (n>100) n=100;
-		for(i=0;i<n;i++) printk("%02x ",qel->cbuf[i]);
-		printk("\n");
-	}
-
-	return qel;
-}
-
-/* and... the queue elements we'll be using */
-static struct xmitQel qels[16];
-
-/* and their corresponding mailboxes */
-static unsigned char mailbox[16];
-static unsigned char mboxinuse[16] = {0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0};
-
-static int wait_timeout(struct net_device *dev, int c)
-{
-	/* returns true if it stayed c */
-	/* this uses base+6, but it's ok */
-	int i;
-
-	/* twenty second or so total */
-
-	for(i=0;i<200000;i++) {
-		if ( c != inb_p(dev->base_addr+6) ) return 0;
-		udelay(100);
-	}
-	return 1; /* timed out */
-}
-
-/* get the first free mailbox */
-
-static int getmbox(void)
-{
-	unsigned long flags;
-	int i;
-
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&mbox_lock, flags);
-	for(i=1;i<16;i++) if(!mboxinuse[i]) {
-		mboxinuse[i]=1;
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&mbox_lock, flags);
-		return i;
-	}
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&mbox_lock, flags);
-	return 0;
-}
-
-/* read a command from the card */
-static void handlefc(struct net_device *dev)
-{
-	/* called *only* from idle, non-reentrant */
-	int dma = dev->dma;
-	int base = dev->base_addr;
-	unsigned long flags;
-
-
-	flags=claim_dma_lock();
-	disable_dma(dma);
-	clear_dma_ff(dma);
-	set_dma_mode(dma,DMA_MODE_READ);
-	set_dma_addr(dma,virt_to_bus(ltdmacbuf));
-	set_dma_count(dma,50);
-	enable_dma(dma);
-	release_dma_lock(flags);
-
-	inb_p(base+3);
-	inb_p(base+2);
-
-	if ( wait_timeout(dev,0xfc) ) printk("timed out in handlefc\n");
-}
-
-/* read data from the card */
-static void handlefd(struct net_device *dev)
-{
-	int dma = dev->dma;
-	int base = dev->base_addr;
-	unsigned long flags;
-
-	flags=claim_dma_lock();
-	disable_dma(dma);
-	clear_dma_ff(dma);
-	set_dma_mode(dma,DMA_MODE_READ);
-	set_dma_addr(dma,virt_to_bus(ltdmabuf));
-	set_dma_count(dma,800);
-	enable_dma(dma);
-	release_dma_lock(flags);
-
-	inb_p(base+3);
-	inb_p(base+2);
-
-	if ( wait_timeout(dev,0xfd) ) printk("timed out in handlefd\n");
-	sendup_buffer(dev);
-} 
-
-static void handlewrite(struct net_device *dev)
-{
-	/* called *only* from idle, non-reentrant */
-	/* on entry, 0xfb and ltdmabuf holds data */
-	int dma = dev->dma;
-	int base = dev->base_addr;
-	unsigned long flags;
-	
-	flags=claim_dma_lock();
-	disable_dma(dma);
-	clear_dma_ff(dma);
-	set_dma_mode(dma,DMA_MODE_WRITE);
-	set_dma_addr(dma,virt_to_bus(ltdmabuf));
-	set_dma_count(dma,800);
-	enable_dma(dma);
-	release_dma_lock(flags);
-	
-	inb_p(base+3);
-	inb_p(base+2);
-
-	if ( wait_timeout(dev,0xfb) ) {
-		flags=claim_dma_lock();
-		printk("timed out in handlewrite, dma res %d\n",
-			get_dma_residue(dev->dma) );
-		release_dma_lock(flags);
-	}
-}
-
-static void handleread(struct net_device *dev)
-{
-	/* on entry, 0xfb */
-	/* on exit, ltdmabuf holds data */
-	int dma = dev->dma;
-	int base = dev->base_addr;
-	unsigned long flags;
-
-	
-	flags=claim_dma_lock();
-	disable_dma(dma);
-	clear_dma_ff(dma);
-	set_dma_mode(dma,DMA_MODE_READ);
-	set_dma_addr(dma,virt_to_bus(ltdmabuf));
-	set_dma_count(dma,800);
-	enable_dma(dma);
-	release_dma_lock(flags);
-
-	inb_p(base+3);
-	inb_p(base+2);
-	if ( wait_timeout(dev,0xfb) ) printk("timed out in handleread\n");
-}
-
-static void handlecommand(struct net_device *dev)
-{
-	/* on entry, 0xfa and ltdmacbuf holds command */
-	int dma = dev->dma;
-	int base = dev->base_addr;
-	unsigned long flags;
-
-	flags=claim_dma_lock();
-	disable_dma(dma);
-	clear_dma_ff(dma);
-	set_dma_mode(dma,DMA_MODE_WRITE);
-	set_dma_addr(dma,virt_to_bus(ltdmacbuf));
-	set_dma_count(dma,50);
-	enable_dma(dma);
-	release_dma_lock(flags);
-	inb_p(base+3);
-	inb_p(base+2);
-	if ( wait_timeout(dev,0xfa) ) printk("timed out in handlecommand\n");
-} 
-
-/* ready made command for getting the result from the card */
-static unsigned char rescbuf[2] = {LT_GETRESULT,0};
-static unsigned char resdbuf[2];
-
-static int QInIdle;
-
-/* idle expects to be called with the IRQ line high -- either because of
- * an interrupt, or because the line is tri-stated
- */
-
-static void idle(struct net_device *dev)
-{
-	unsigned long flags;
-	int state;
-	/* FIXME This is initialized to shut the warning up, but I need to
-	 * think this through again.
-	 */
-	struct xmitQel *q = NULL;
-	int oops;
-	int i;
-	int base = dev->base_addr;
-
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&txqueue_lock, flags);
-	if(QInIdle) {
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&txqueue_lock, flags);
-		return;
-	}
-	QInIdle = 1;
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&txqueue_lock, flags);
-
-	/* this tri-states the IRQ line */
-	(void) inb_p(base+6);
-
-	oops = 100;
-
-loop:
-	if (0>oops--) { 
-		printk("idle: looped too many times\n");
-		goto done;
-	}
-
-	state = inb_p(base+6);
-	if (state != inb_p(base+6)) goto loop;
-
-	switch(state) {
-		case 0xfc:
-			/* incoming command */
-			if (debug & DEBUG_LOWER) printk("idle: fc\n");
-			handlefc(dev); 
-			break;
-		case 0xfd:
-			/* incoming data */
-			if(debug & DEBUG_LOWER) printk("idle: fd\n");
-			handlefd(dev); 
-			break;
-		case 0xf9:
-			/* result ready */
-			if (debug & DEBUG_LOWER) printk("idle: f9\n");
-			if(!mboxinuse[0]) {
-				mboxinuse[0] = 1;
-				qels[0].cbuf = rescbuf;
-				qels[0].cbuflen = 2;
-				qels[0].dbuf = resdbuf;
-				qels[0].dbuflen = 2;
-				qels[0].QWrite = 0;
-				qels[0].mailbox = 0;
-				enQ(&qels[0]);
-			}
-			inb_p(dev->base_addr+1);
-			inb_p(dev->base_addr+0);
-			if( wait_timeout(dev,0xf9) )
-				printk("timed out idle f9\n");
-			break;
-		case 0xf8:
-			/* ?? */
-			if (xmQhd) {
-				inb_p(dev->base_addr+1);
-				inb_p(dev->base_addr+0);
-				if(wait_timeout(dev,0xf8) )
-					printk("timed out idle f8\n");
-			} else {
-				goto done;
-			}
-			break;
-		case 0xfa:
-			/* waiting for command */
-			if(debug & DEBUG_LOWER) printk("idle: fa\n");
-			if (xmQhd) {
-				q=deQ();
-				memcpy(ltdmacbuf,q->cbuf,q->cbuflen);
-				ltdmacbuf[1] = q->mailbox;
-				if (debug>1) { 
-					int n;
-					printk("ltpc: sent command     ");
-					n = q->cbuflen;
-					if (n>100) n=100;
-					for(i=0;i<n;i++)
-						printk("%02x ",ltdmacbuf[i]);
-					printk("\n");
-				}
-
-				handlecommand(dev);
-
-				if (0xfa == inb_p(base + 6)) {
-					/* we timed out, so return */
-					goto done;
-				}
-			} else {
-				/* we don't seem to have a command */
-				if (!mboxinuse[0]) {
-					mboxinuse[0] = 1;
-					qels[0].cbuf = rescbuf;
-					qels[0].cbuflen = 2;
-					qels[0].dbuf = resdbuf;
-					qels[0].dbuflen = 2;
-					qels[0].QWrite = 0;
-					qels[0].mailbox = 0;
-					enQ(&qels[0]);
-				} else {
-					printk("trouble: response command already queued\n");
-					goto done;
-				}
-			} 
-			break;
-		case 0Xfb:
-			/* data transfer ready */
-			if(debug & DEBUG_LOWER) printk("idle: fb\n");
-			if(q->QWrite) {
-				memcpy(ltdmabuf,q->dbuf,q->dbuflen);
-				handlewrite(dev);
-			} else {
-				handleread(dev);
-				/* non-zero mailbox numbers are for
-				   commmands, 0 is for GETRESULT
-				   requests */
-				if(q->mailbox) {
-					memcpy(q->dbuf,ltdmabuf,q->dbuflen);
-				} else { 
-					/* this was a result */
-					mailbox[ 0x0f & ltdmabuf[0] ] = ltdmabuf[1];
-					mboxinuse[0]=0;
-				}
-			}
-			break;
-	}
-	goto loop;
-
-done:
-	QInIdle=0;
-
-	/* now set the interrupts back as appropriate */
-	/* the first read takes it out of tri-state (but still high) */
-	/* the second resets it */
-	/* note that after this point, any read of base+6 will
-	   trigger an interrupt */
-
-	if (dev->irq) {
-		inb_p(base+7);
-		inb_p(base+7);
-	}
-}
-
-
-static int do_write(struct net_device *dev, void *cbuf, int cbuflen,
-	void *dbuf, int dbuflen)
-{
-
-	int i = getmbox();
-	int ret;
-
-	if(i) {
-		qels[i].cbuf = cbuf;
-		qels[i].cbuflen = cbuflen;
-		qels[i].dbuf = dbuf;
-		qels[i].dbuflen = dbuflen;
-		qels[i].QWrite = 1;
-		qels[i].mailbox = i;  /* this should be initted rather */
-		enQ(&qels[i]);
-		idle(dev);
-		ret = mailbox[i];
-		mboxinuse[i]=0;
-		return ret;
-	}
-	printk("ltpc: could not allocate mbox\n");
-	return -1;
-}
-
-static int do_read(struct net_device *dev, void *cbuf, int cbuflen,
-	void *dbuf, int dbuflen)
-{
-
-	int i = getmbox();
-	int ret;
-
-	if(i) {
-		qels[i].cbuf = cbuf;
-		qels[i].cbuflen = cbuflen;
-		qels[i].dbuf = dbuf;
-		qels[i].dbuflen = dbuflen;
-		qels[i].QWrite = 0;
-		qels[i].mailbox = i;  /* this should be initted rather */
-		enQ(&qels[i]);
-		idle(dev);
-		ret = mailbox[i];
-		mboxinuse[i]=0;
-		return ret;
-	}
-	printk("ltpc: could not allocate mbox\n");
-	return -1;
-}
-
-/* end of idle handlers -- what should be seen is do_read, do_write */
-
-static struct timer_list ltpc_timer;
-static struct net_device *ltpc_timer_dev;
-
-static netdev_tx_t ltpc_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev);
-
-static int read_30 ( struct net_device *dev)
-{
-	lt_command c;
-	c.getflags.command = LT_GETFLAGS;
-	return do_read(dev, &c, sizeof(c.getflags),&c,0);
-}
-
-static int set_30 (struct net_device *dev,int x)
-{
-	lt_command c;
-	c.setflags.command = LT_SETFLAGS;
-	c.setflags.flags = x;
-	return do_write(dev, &c, sizeof(c.setflags),&c,0);
-}
-
-/* LLAP to DDP translation */
-
-static int sendup_buffer (struct net_device *dev)
-{
-	/* on entry, command is in ltdmacbuf, data in ltdmabuf */
-	/* called from idle, non-reentrant */
-
-	int dnode, snode, llaptype, len; 
-	int sklen;
-	struct sk_buff *skb;
-	struct lt_rcvlap *ltc = (struct lt_rcvlap *) ltdmacbuf;
-
-	if (ltc->command != LT_RCVLAP) {
-		printk("unknown command 0x%02x from ltpc card\n",ltc->command);
-		return -1;
-	}
-	dnode = ltc->dnode;
-	snode = ltc->snode;
-	llaptype = ltc->laptype;
-	len = ltc->length; 
-
-	sklen = len;
-	if (llaptype == 1) 
-		sklen += 8;  /* correct for short ddp */
-	if(sklen > 800) {
-		printk(KERN_INFO "%s: nonsense length in ltpc command 0x14: 0x%08x\n",
-			dev->name,sklen);
-		return -1;
-	}
-
-	if ( (llaptype==0) || (llaptype>2) ) {
-		printk(KERN_INFO "%s: unknown LLAP type: %d\n",dev->name,llaptype);
-		return -1;
-	}
-
-
-	skb = dev_alloc_skb(3+sklen);
-	if (skb == NULL) 
-	{
-		printk("%s: dropping packet due to memory squeeze.\n",
-			dev->name);
-		return -1;
-	}
-	skb->dev = dev;
-
-	if (sklen > len)
-		skb_reserve(skb,8);
-	skb_put(skb,len+3);
-	skb->protocol = htons(ETH_P_LOCALTALK);
-	/* add LLAP header */
-	skb->data[0] = dnode;
-	skb->data[1] = snode;
-	skb->data[2] = llaptype;
-	skb_reset_mac_header(skb);	/* save pointer to llap header */
-	skb_pull(skb,3);
-
-	/* copy ddp(s,e)hdr + contents */
-	skb_copy_to_linear_data(skb, ltdmabuf, len);
-
-	skb_reset_transport_header(skb);
-
-	dev->stats.rx_packets++;
-	dev->stats.rx_bytes += skb->len;
-
-	/* toss it onwards */
-	netif_rx(skb);
-	return 0;
-}
-
-/* the handler for the board interrupt */
- 
-static irqreturn_t
-ltpc_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
-{
-	struct net_device *dev = dev_id;
-
-	if (dev==NULL) {
-		printk("ltpc_interrupt: unknown device.\n");
-		return IRQ_NONE;
-	}
-
-	inb_p(dev->base_addr+6);  /* disable further interrupts from board */
-
-	idle(dev); /* handle whatever is coming in */
- 
-	/* idle re-enables interrupts from board */ 
-
-	return IRQ_HANDLED;
-}
-
-/***
- *
- *    The ioctls that the driver responds to are:
- *
- *    SIOCSIFADDR -- do probe using the passed node hint.
- *    SIOCGIFADDR -- return net, node.
- *
- *    some of this stuff should be done elsewhere.
- *
- ***/
-
-static int ltpc_ioctl(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *ifr, int cmd)
-{
-	struct sockaddr_at *sa = (struct sockaddr_at *) &ifr->ifr_addr;
-	/* we'll keep the localtalk node address in dev->pa_addr */
-	struct ltpc_private *ltpc_priv = netdev_priv(dev);
-	struct atalk_addr *aa = &ltpc_priv->my_addr;
-	struct lt_init c;
-	int ltflags;
-
-	if(debug & DEBUG_VERBOSE) printk("ltpc_ioctl called\n");
-
-	switch(cmd) {
-		case SIOCSIFADDR:
-
-			aa->s_net  = sa->sat_addr.s_net;
-      
-			/* this does the probe and returns the node addr */
-			c.command = LT_INIT;
-			c.hint = sa->sat_addr.s_node;
-
-			aa->s_node = do_read(dev,&c,sizeof(c),&c,0);
-
-			/* get all llap frames raw */
-			ltflags = read_30(dev);
-			ltflags |= LT_FLAG_ALLLAP;
-			set_30 (dev,ltflags);  
-
-			dev->broadcast[0] = 0xFF;
-			dev->addr_len=1;
-			dev_addr_set(dev, &aa->s_node);
-   
-			return 0;
-
-		case SIOCGIFADDR:
-
-			sa->sat_addr.s_net = aa->s_net;
-			sa->sat_addr.s_node = aa->s_node;
-
-			return 0;
-
-		default: 
-			return -EINVAL;
-	}
-}
-
-static void set_multicast_list(struct net_device *dev)
-{
-	/* This needs to be present to keep netatalk happy. */
-	/* Actually netatalk needs fixing! */
-}
-
-static int ltpc_poll_counter;
-
-static void ltpc_poll(struct timer_list *unused)
-{
-	del_timer(&ltpc_timer);
-
-	if(debug & DEBUG_VERBOSE) {
-		if (!ltpc_poll_counter) {
-			ltpc_poll_counter = 50;
-			printk("ltpc poll is alive\n");
-		}
-		ltpc_poll_counter--;
-	}
-
-	/* poll 20 times per second */
-	idle(ltpc_timer_dev);
-	ltpc_timer.expires = jiffies + HZ/20;
-	add_timer(&ltpc_timer);
-}
-
-/* DDP to LLAP translation */
-
-static netdev_tx_t ltpc_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
-{
-	/* in kernel 1.3.xx, on entry skb->data points to ddp header,
-	 * and skb->len is the length of the ddp data + ddp header
-	 */
-	int i;
-	struct lt_sendlap cbuf;
-	unsigned char *hdr;
-
-	cbuf.command = LT_SENDLAP;
-	cbuf.dnode = skb->data[0];
-	cbuf.laptype = skb->data[2];
-	skb_pull(skb,3);	/* skip past LLAP header */
-	cbuf.length = skb->len;	/* this is host order */
-	skb_reset_transport_header(skb);
-
-	if(debug & DEBUG_UPPER) {
-		printk("command ");
-		for(i=0;i<6;i++)
-			printk("%02x ",((unsigned char *)&cbuf)[i]);
-		printk("\n");
-	}
-
-	hdr = skb_transport_header(skb);
-	do_write(dev, &cbuf, sizeof(cbuf), hdr, skb->len);
-
-	if(debug & DEBUG_UPPER) {
-		printk("sent %d ddp bytes\n",skb->len);
-		for (i = 0; i < skb->len; i++)
-			printk("%02x ", hdr[i]);
-		printk("\n");
-	}
-
-	dev->stats.tx_packets++;
-	dev->stats.tx_bytes += skb->len;
-
-	dev_kfree_skb(skb);
-	return NETDEV_TX_OK;
-}
-
-/* initialization stuff */
-  
-static int __init ltpc_probe_dma(int base, int dma)
-{
-	int want = (dma == 3) ? 2 : (dma == 1) ? 1 : 3;
-	unsigned long timeout;
-	unsigned long f;
-  
-	if (want & 1) {
-		if (request_dma(1,"ltpc")) {
-			want &= ~1;
-		} else {
-			f=claim_dma_lock();
-			disable_dma(1);
-			clear_dma_ff(1);
-			set_dma_mode(1,DMA_MODE_WRITE);
-			set_dma_addr(1,virt_to_bus(ltdmabuf));
-			set_dma_count(1,sizeof(struct lt_mem));
-			enable_dma(1);
-			release_dma_lock(f);
-		}
-	}
-	if (want & 2) {
-		if (request_dma(3,"ltpc")) {
-			want &= ~2;
-		} else {
-			f=claim_dma_lock();
-			disable_dma(3);
-			clear_dma_ff(3);
-			set_dma_mode(3,DMA_MODE_WRITE);
-			set_dma_addr(3,virt_to_bus(ltdmabuf));
-			set_dma_count(3,sizeof(struct lt_mem));
-			enable_dma(3);
-			release_dma_lock(f);
-		}
-	}
-	/* set up request */
-
-	/* FIXME -- do timings better! */
-
-	ltdmabuf[0] = LT_READMEM;
-	ltdmabuf[1] = 1;  /* mailbox */
-	ltdmabuf[2] = 0; ltdmabuf[3] = 0;  /* address */
-	ltdmabuf[4] = 0; ltdmabuf[5] = 1;  /* read 0x0100 bytes */
-	ltdmabuf[6] = 0; /* dunno if this is necessary */
-
-	inb_p(io+1);
-	inb_p(io+0);
-	timeout = jiffies+100*HZ/100;
-	while(time_before(jiffies, timeout)) {
-		if ( 0xfa == inb_p(io+6) ) break;
-	}
-
-	inb_p(io+3);
-	inb_p(io+2);
-	while(time_before(jiffies, timeout)) {
-		if ( 0xfb == inb_p(io+6) ) break;
-	}
-
-	/* release the other dma channel (if we opened both of them) */
-
-	if ((want & 2) && (get_dma_residue(3)==sizeof(struct lt_mem))) {
-		want &= ~2;
-		free_dma(3);
-	}
-
-	if ((want & 1) && (get_dma_residue(1)==sizeof(struct lt_mem))) {
-		want &= ~1;
-		free_dma(1);
-	}
-
-	if (!want)
-		return 0;
-
-	return (want & 2) ? 3 : 1;
-}
-
-static const struct net_device_ops ltpc_netdev = {
-	.ndo_start_xmit		= ltpc_xmit,
-	.ndo_do_ioctl		= ltpc_ioctl,
-	.ndo_set_rx_mode	= set_multicast_list,
-};
-
-static struct net_device * __init ltpc_probe(void)
-{
-	struct net_device *dev;
-	int err = -ENOMEM;
-	int x=0,y=0;
-	int autoirq;
-	unsigned long f;
-	unsigned long timeout;
-
-	dev = alloc_ltalkdev(sizeof(struct ltpc_private));
-	if (!dev)
-		goto out;
-
-	/* probe for the I/O port address */
-	
-	if (io != 0x240 && request_region(0x220,8,"ltpc")) {
-		x = inb_p(0x220+6);
-		if ( (x!=0xff) && (x>=0xf0) ) {
-			io = 0x220;
-			goto got_port;
-		}
-		release_region(0x220,8);
-	}
-	if (io != 0x220 && request_region(0x240,8,"ltpc")) {
-		y = inb_p(0x240+6);
-		if ( (y!=0xff) && (y>=0xf0) ){ 
-			io = 0x240;
-			goto got_port;
-		}
-		release_region(0x240,8);
-	} 
-
-	/* give up in despair */
-	printk(KERN_ERR "LocalTalk card not found; 220 = %02x, 240 = %02x.\n", x,y);
-	err = -ENODEV;
-	goto out1;
-
- got_port:
-	/* probe for the IRQ line */
-	if (irq < 2) {
-		unsigned long irq_mask;
-
-		irq_mask = probe_irq_on();
-		/* reset the interrupt line */
-		inb_p(io+7);
-		inb_p(io+7);
-		/* trigger an interrupt (I hope) */
-		inb_p(io+6);
-		mdelay(2);
-		autoirq = probe_irq_off(irq_mask);
-
-		if (autoirq == 0) {
-			printk(KERN_ERR "ltpc: probe at %#x failed to detect IRQ line.\n", io);
-		} else {
-			irq = autoirq;
-		}
-	}
-
-	/* allocate a DMA buffer */
-	ltdmabuf = (unsigned char *) dma_mem_alloc(1000);
-	if (!ltdmabuf) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "ltpc: mem alloc failed\n");
-		err = -ENOMEM;
-		goto out2;
-	}
-
-	ltdmacbuf = &ltdmabuf[800];
-
-	if(debug & DEBUG_VERBOSE) {
-		printk("ltdmabuf pointer %08lx\n",(unsigned long) ltdmabuf);
-	}
-
-	/* reset the card */
-
-	inb_p(io+1);
-	inb_p(io+3);
-
-	msleep(20);
-
-	inb_p(io+0);
-	inb_p(io+2);
-	inb_p(io+7); /* clear reset */
-	inb_p(io+4); 
-	inb_p(io+5);
-	inb_p(io+5); /* enable dma */
-	inb_p(io+6); /* tri-state interrupt line */
-
-	ssleep(1);
-	
-	/* now, figure out which dma channel we're using, unless it's
-	   already been specified */
-	/* well, 0 is a legal DMA channel, but the LTPC card doesn't
-	   use it... */
-	dma = ltpc_probe_dma(io, dma);
-	if (!dma) {  /* no dma channel */
-		printk(KERN_ERR "No DMA channel found on ltpc card.\n");
-		err = -ENODEV;
-		goto out3;
-	}
-
-	/* print out friendly message */
-	if(irq)
-		printk(KERN_INFO "Apple/Farallon LocalTalk-PC card at %03x, IR%d, DMA%d.\n",io,irq,dma);
-	else
-		printk(KERN_INFO "Apple/Farallon LocalTalk-PC card at %03x, DMA%d.  Using polled mode.\n",io,dma);
-
-	dev->netdev_ops = &ltpc_netdev;
-	dev->base_addr = io;
-	dev->irq = irq;
-	dev->dma = dma;
-
-	/* the card will want to send a result at this point */
-	/* (I think... leaving out this part makes the kernel crash,
-           so I put it back in...) */
-
-	f=claim_dma_lock();
-	disable_dma(dma);
-	clear_dma_ff(dma);
-	set_dma_mode(dma,DMA_MODE_READ);
-	set_dma_addr(dma,virt_to_bus(ltdmabuf));
-	set_dma_count(dma,0x100);
-	enable_dma(dma);
-	release_dma_lock(f);
-
-	(void) inb_p(io+3);
-	(void) inb_p(io+2);
-	timeout = jiffies+100*HZ/100;
-
-	while(time_before(jiffies, timeout)) {
-		if( 0xf9 == inb_p(io+6))
-			break;
-		schedule();
-	}
-
-	if(debug & DEBUG_VERBOSE) {
-		printk("setting up timer and irq\n");
-	}
-
-	/* grab it and don't let go :-) */
-	if (irq && request_irq( irq, ltpc_interrupt, 0, "ltpc", dev) >= 0)
-	{
-		(void) inb_p(io+7);  /* enable interrupts from board */
-		(void) inb_p(io+7);  /* and reset irq line */
-	} else {
-		if( irq )
-			printk(KERN_ERR "ltpc: IRQ already in use, using polled mode.\n");
-		dev->irq = 0;
-		/* polled mode -- 20 times per second */
-		/* this is really, really slow... should it poll more often? */
-		ltpc_timer_dev = dev;
-		timer_setup(&ltpc_timer, ltpc_poll, 0);
-
-		ltpc_timer.expires = jiffies + HZ/20;
-		add_timer(&ltpc_timer);
-	}
-	err = register_netdev(dev);
-	if (err)
-		goto out4;
-
-	return NULL;
-out4:
-	del_timer_sync(&ltpc_timer);
-	if (dev->irq)
-		free_irq(dev->irq, dev);
-out3:
-	free_pages((unsigned long)ltdmabuf, get_order(1000));
-out2:
-	release_region(io, 8);
-out1:
-	free_netdev(dev);
-out:
-	return ERR_PTR(err);
-}
-
-#ifndef MODULE
-/* handles "ltpc=io,irq,dma" kernel command lines */
-static int __init ltpc_setup(char *str)
-{
-	int ints[5];
-
-	str = get_options(str, ARRAY_SIZE(ints), ints);
-
-	if (ints[0] == 0) {
-		if (str && !strncmp(str, "auto", 4)) {
-			/* do nothing :-) */
-		}
-		else {
-			/* usage message */
-			printk (KERN_ERR
-				"ltpc: usage: ltpc=auto|iobase[,irq[,dma]]\n");
-			return 0;
-		}
-	} else {
-		io = ints[1];
-		if (ints[0] > 1) {
-			irq = ints[2];
-		}
-		if (ints[0] > 2) {
-			dma = ints[3];
-		}
-		/* ignore any other parameters */
-	}
-	return 1;
-}
-
-__setup("ltpc=", ltpc_setup);
-#endif
-
-static struct net_device *dev_ltpc;
-
-MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-module_param(debug, int, 0);
-module_param_hw(io, int, ioport, 0);
-module_param_hw(irq, int, irq, 0);
-module_param_hw(dma, int, dma, 0);
-
-
-static int __init ltpc_module_init(void)
-{
-        if(io == 0)
-		printk(KERN_NOTICE
-		       "ltpc: Autoprobing is not recommended for modules\n");
-
-	dev_ltpc = ltpc_probe();
-	return PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(dev_ltpc);
-}
-module_init(ltpc_module_init);
-
-static void __exit ltpc_cleanup(void)
-{
-
-	if(debug & DEBUG_VERBOSE) printk("unregister_netdev\n");
-	unregister_netdev(dev_ltpc);
-
-	del_timer_sync(&ltpc_timer);
-
-	if(debug & DEBUG_VERBOSE) printk("freeing irq\n");
-
-	if (dev_ltpc->irq)
-		free_irq(dev_ltpc->irq, dev_ltpc);
-
-	if(debug & DEBUG_VERBOSE) printk("freeing dma\n");
-
-	if (dev_ltpc->dma)
-		free_dma(dev_ltpc->dma);
-
-	if(debug & DEBUG_VERBOSE) printk("freeing ioaddr\n");
-
-	if (dev_ltpc->base_addr)
-		release_region(dev_ltpc->base_addr,8);
-
-	free_netdev(dev_ltpc);
-
-	if(debug & DEBUG_VERBOSE) printk("free_pages\n");
-
-	free_pages( (unsigned long) ltdmabuf, get_order(1000));
-
-	if(debug & DEBUG_VERBOSE) printk("returning from cleanup_module\n");
-}
-
-module_exit(ltpc_cleanup);
diff --git a/drivers/net/appletalk/ltpc.h b/drivers/net/appletalk/ltpc.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 58cf945732a4..000000000000
--- a/drivers/net/appletalk/ltpc.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,74 +0,0 @@
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
-/***   ltpc.h
- *
- *
- ***/
-
-#define LT_GETRESULT  0x00
-#define LT_WRITEMEM   0x01
-#define LT_READMEM    0x02
-#define LT_GETFLAGS   0x04
-#define LT_SETFLAGS   0x05
-#define LT_INIT       0x10
-#define LT_SENDLAP    0x13
-#define LT_RCVLAP     0x14
-
-/* the flag that we care about */
-#define LT_FLAG_ALLLAP 0x04
-
-struct lt_getresult {
-	unsigned char command;
-	unsigned char mailbox;
-};
-
-struct lt_mem {
-	unsigned char command;
-	unsigned char mailbox;
-	unsigned short addr;	/* host order */
-	unsigned short length;	/* host order */
-};
-
-struct lt_setflags {
-	unsigned char command;
-	unsigned char mailbox;
-	unsigned char flags;
-};
-
-struct lt_getflags {
-	unsigned char command;
-	unsigned char mailbox;
-};
-
-struct lt_init {
-	unsigned char command;
-	unsigned char mailbox;
-	unsigned char hint;
-};
-
-struct lt_sendlap {
-	unsigned char command;
-	unsigned char mailbox;
-	unsigned char dnode;
-	unsigned char laptype;
-	unsigned short length;	/* host order */
-};
-
-struct lt_rcvlap {
-	unsigned char command;
-	unsigned char dnode;
-	unsigned char snode;
-	unsigned char laptype;
-	unsigned short length;	/* host order */
-};
-
-union lt_command {
-	struct lt_getresult getresult;
-	struct lt_mem mem;
-	struct lt_setflags setflags;
-	struct lt_getflags getflags;
-	struct lt_init init;
-	struct lt_sendlap sendlap;
-	struct lt_rcvlap rcvlap;
-};
-typedef union lt_command lt_command;
-
-- 
2.34.3


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* Re: [PATCH net-next] net: appletalk: remove Apple/Farallon LocalTalk PC support
  2022-05-09 15:01 [PATCH net-next] net: appletalk: remove Apple/Farallon LocalTalk PC support Jakub Kicinski
@ 2022-05-09 17:14 ` Arnd Bergmann
  2022-05-09 17:32   ` Jakub Kicinski
  2022-05-11 12:20 ` patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
  1 sibling, 1 reply; 11+ messages in thread
From: Arnd Bergmann @ 2022-05-09 17:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Jakub Kicinski
  Cc: David Miller, Networking, Paolo Abeni, Eric Dumazet,
	Jonathan Corbet, Arnd Bergmann, Jiapeng Chong,
	open list:DOCUMENTATION, Doug Brown

On Mon, May 9, 2022 at 5:01 PM Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> Looks like all the changes to this driver had been tree-wide
> refactoring since git era begun. The driver is using virt_to_bus()
> we should make it use more modern DMA APIs but since it's unlikely
> to be getting any use these days delete it instead. We can always
> revert to bring it back.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>

Removing this driver sounds good to me, your description makes sense
and it gets us closer to completely removing virt_to_bus() in the future.

Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>

I think however, if we remove this driver, we need to discuss removing the
last remaining localtalk driver (CONFIG_COPS) and possibly the localtalk
bits in net/appletalk along with it.

Doug Brown suggested removing COPS last year for entirely different
reasons[1] but never got a reply. I suppose that is a sign that nobody
cared about the driver enough, but we should remove it. He also
mentioned working on a new localtalk driver, though I don't think he
posted that one yet.

       Arnd

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/6c62d7d5-5171-98a3-5287-ecb1df20f574@schmorgal.com/

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* Re: [PATCH net-next] net: appletalk: remove Apple/Farallon LocalTalk PC support
  2022-05-09 17:14 ` Arnd Bergmann
@ 2022-05-09 17:32   ` Jakub Kicinski
  2022-05-10  2:34     ` Doug Brown
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 11+ messages in thread
From: Jakub Kicinski @ 2022-05-09 17:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Arnd Bergmann
  Cc: David Miller, Networking, Paolo Abeni, Eric Dumazet,
	Jonathan Corbet, Jiapeng Chong, open list:DOCUMENTATION,
	Doug Brown

On Mon, 9 May 2022 19:14:42 +0200 Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Mon, May 9, 2022 at 5:01 PM Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> wrote:
> >
> > Looks like all the changes to this driver had been tree-wide
> > refactoring since git era begun. The driver is using virt_to_bus()
> > we should make it use more modern DMA APIs but since it's unlikely
> > to be getting any use these days delete it instead. We can always
> > revert to bring it back.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>  
> 
> Removing this driver sounds good to me, your description makes sense
> and it gets us closer to completely removing virt_to_bus() in the future.
> 
> Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
> 
> I think however, if we remove this driver, we need to discuss removing the
> last remaining localtalk driver (CONFIG_COPS) and possibly the localtalk
> bits in net/appletalk along with it.
> 
> Doug Brown suggested removing COPS last year for entirely different
> reasons[1] but never got a reply. I suppose that is a sign that nobody
> cared about the driver enough, but we should remove it. He also
> mentioned working on a new localtalk driver, though I don't think he
> posted that one yet.
> 
>        Arnd
> 
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/6c62d7d5-5171-98a3-5287-ecb1df20f574@schmorgal.com/

Very interesting, thanks!

Removing COPS and appletalk makes perfect sense to me (minus what Doug
has plans to use, obviously).

I'm taking notes for "next steps" while trying to strategically cast 
a narrow net, hitting VIRT_TO_BUS only now.

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* Re: [PATCH net-next] net: appletalk: remove Apple/Farallon LocalTalk PC support
  2022-05-09 17:32   ` Jakub Kicinski
@ 2022-05-10  2:34     ` Doug Brown
  2022-05-10  6:48       ` Arnd Bergmann
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 11+ messages in thread
From: Doug Brown @ 2022-05-10  2:34 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Jakub Kicinski, Arnd Bergmann
  Cc: David Miller, Networking, Paolo Abeni, Eric Dumazet,
	Jonathan Corbet, Jiapeng Chong, open list:DOCUMENTATION

On 5/9/2022 10:32 AM, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Mon, 9 May 2022 19:14:42 +0200 Arnd Bergmann wrote:
>> I think however, if we remove this driver, we need to discuss removing the
>> last remaining localtalk driver (CONFIG_COPS) and possibly the localtalk
>> bits in net/appletalk along with it.
> Removing COPS and appletalk makes perfect sense to me (minus what Doug
> has plans to use, obviously).

I also think removing the COPS driver is a great idea. I actually ended
up buying a compatible card in the hopes of working on that driver to
change it to load the firmware through the firmware API, but the
licensing situation with the firmware blobs kind of brought that idea to
a standstill. I would be very surprised if anybody is actually using
LocalTalk ISA cards these days anyway, so it's probably not worth the
effort to maintain it.

There have been a few "modern" LocalTalk interface projects. One is
mine, which I haven't found time to finish, but I was able to get
working in the kernel with a lt0 network interface. I suspect I was the
only one in the last decade to actually use the LocalTalk code in modern
kernel versions, because it was crashing until I fixed a bug involving
too short of a header length being allocated. There's another more
recent LocalTalk project called TashTalk [1]. A kernel driver could be
developed for it using serdev or a tty ldisc, but all of the current
development seems focused on the userspace side.

With that in mind, I personally wouldn't be sad to see the entire
LocalTalk interface support stripped from the kernel, as long as
EtherTalk support can remain. There is still a decent sized community of
users who are using it to talk with classic Macs using netatalk 2.x.
So most of the stuff in net/appletalk is still relevant today for us.

Might as well remove CONFIG_IPDDP too. It actually -interferes- with the
current way that people do MacIP gateways through userspace with macipgw
[2]. I'm not aware of anyone actually using the kernel's implementation.

Doug

[1] https://github.com/lampmerchant/tashtalk
[2] https://github.com/jasonking3/macipgw#kernel


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* Re: [PATCH net-next] net: appletalk: remove Apple/Farallon LocalTalk PC support
  2022-05-10  2:34     ` Doug Brown
@ 2022-05-10  6:48       ` Arnd Bergmann
  2022-05-11  0:20         ` Doug Brown
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 11+ messages in thread
From: Arnd Bergmann @ 2022-05-10  6:48 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Doug Brown
  Cc: Jakub Kicinski, Arnd Bergmann, David Miller, Networking,
	Paolo Abeni, Eric Dumazet, Jonathan Corbet, Jiapeng Chong,
	open list:DOCUMENTATION

On Tue, May 10, 2022 at 4:34 AM Doug Brown <doug@schmorgal.com> wrote:
>
> On 5/9/2022 10:32 AM, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> > On Mon, 9 May 2022 19:14:42 +0200 Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> >> I think however, if we remove this driver, we need to discuss removing the
> >> last remaining localtalk driver (CONFIG_COPS) and possibly the localtalk
> >> bits in net/appletalk along with it.
> > Removing COPS and appletalk makes perfect sense to me (minus what Doug
> > has plans to use, obviously).
>
> I also think removing the COPS driver is a great idea. I actually ended
> up buying a compatible card in the hopes of working on that driver to
> change it to load the firmware through the firmware API, but the
> licensing situation with the firmware blobs kind of brought that idea to
> a standstill. I would be very surprised if anybody is actually using
> LocalTalk ISA cards these days anyway, so it's probably not worth the
> effort to maintain it.
>
> There have been a few "modern" LocalTalk interface projects. One is
> mine, which I haven't found time to finish, but I was able to get
> working in the kernel with a lt0 network interface. I suspect I was the
> only one in the last decade to actually use the LocalTalk code in modern
> kernel versions, because it was crashing until I fixed a bug involving
> too short of a header length being allocated. There's another more
> recent LocalTalk project called TashTalk [1]. A kernel driver could be
> developed for it using serdev or a tty ldisc, but all of the current
> development seems focused on the userspace side.
>
> With that in mind, I personally wouldn't be sad to see the entire
> LocalTalk interface support stripped from the kernel, as long as
> EtherTalk support can remain. There is still a decent sized community of
> users who are using it to talk with classic Macs using netatalk 2.x.
> So most of the stuff in net/appletalk is still relevant today for us.
>
> Might as well remove CONFIG_IPDDP too. It actually -interferes- with the
> current way that people do MacIP gateways through userspace with macipgw
> [2]. I'm not aware of anyone actually using the kernel's implementation.

Thanks for all the background information!

If I understand this correct, this means we could remove all of
drivers/net/appletalk/ except for the CONFIG_ATALK Kconfig entry,
and also remove net/appletalk/dev.c and a few bits of net/appletalk
that reference localtalk device structures and their ioctls, right?

What about appletalk over PPP (phase1 probing in aarp.c) and
ARPHRD_LOCALTLK support in drivers/net/tun.c? Are these still
useful without localtalk device support?

         Arnd

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* Re: [PATCH net-next] net: appletalk: remove Apple/Farallon LocalTalk PC support
  2022-05-10  6:48       ` Arnd Bergmann
@ 2022-05-11  0:20         ` Doug Brown
  2022-05-11  8:23           ` Arnd Bergmann
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 11+ messages in thread
From: Doug Brown @ 2022-05-11  0:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Arnd Bergmann
  Cc: Jakub Kicinski, David Miller, Networking, Paolo Abeni,
	Eric Dumazet, Jonathan Corbet, Jiapeng Chong,
	open list:DOCUMENTATION

On 5/9/2022 11:48 PM, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> If I understand this correct, this means we could remove all of
> drivers/net/appletalk/ except for the CONFIG_ATALK Kconfig entry,
> and also remove net/appletalk/dev.c and a few bits of net/appletalk
> that reference localtalk device structures and their ioctls, right?
Yes, I believe so. At that point, would Kconfig get moved to
net/appletalk instead? (Just wondering out of my own curiosity!)
> What about appletalk over PPP (phase1 probing in aarp.c) and
> ARPHRD_LOCALTLK support in drivers/net/tun.c? Are these still
> useful without localtalk device support?

I don't feel qualified enough to answer those ones definitively, but it
looks to me like the ARPHRD_LOCALTLK support in net/tun.c could be
stripped out, because tun_get_addr_len only gets called on a struct
net_device's type, and stripping out LocalTalk would make that condition
impossible (I think?)

The AppleTalk over PPP stuff probably allows Linux to be an AppleTalk
Remote Access server. I'm not aware of anyone using that capability, (or
if it even still works) but I would consider it distinct from LocalTalk.

I would definitely be happy to test any patches to make sure that
EtherTalk still works with netatalk afterward!

Doug


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* Re: [PATCH net-next] net: appletalk: remove Apple/Farallon LocalTalk PC support
  2022-05-11  0:20         ` Doug Brown
@ 2022-05-11  8:23           ` Arnd Bergmann
  2022-05-12 18:11             ` James Carlson
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 11+ messages in thread
From: Arnd Bergmann @ 2022-05-11  8:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Doug Brown
  Cc: Arnd Bergmann, Jakub Kicinski, David Miller, Networking,
	Paolo Abeni, Eric Dumazet, Jonathan Corbet, Jiapeng Chong,
	open list:DOCUMENTATION, Paul Mackerras, linux-ppp

On Wed, May 11, 2022 at 2:20 AM Doug Brown <doug@schmorgal.com> wrote:
>
> On 5/9/2022 11:48 PM, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > If I understand this correct, this means we could remove all of
> > drivers/net/appletalk/ except for the CONFIG_ATALK Kconfig entry,
> > and also remove net/appletalk/dev.c and a few bits of net/appletalk
> > that reference localtalk device structures and their ioctls, right?
> Yes, I believe so. At that point, would Kconfig get moved to
> net/appletalk instead? (Just wondering out of my own curiosity!)
> > What about appletalk over PPP (phase1 probing in aarp.c) and
> > ARPHRD_LOCALTLK support in drivers/net/tun.c? Are these still
> > useful without localtalk device support?
>
> I don't feel qualified enough to answer those ones definitively, but it
> looks to me like the ARPHRD_LOCALTLK support in net/tun.c could be
> stripped out, because tun_get_addr_len only gets called on a struct
> net_device's type, and stripping out LocalTalk would make that condition
> impossible (I think?)

Right, I came to the same conclusion here.

> The AppleTalk over PPP stuff probably allows Linux to be an AppleTalk
> Remote Access server. I'm not aware of anyone using that capability, (or
> if it even still works) but I would consider it distinct from LocalTalk.

I dug around in the early git history for this one, but I'm also not
sure if this is meant to still work. I see that PPPTALK support was added
to net/appletalk by Alan Cox in linux-1.3.78 (1996), based on the localtalk
support, and it continues to exist there along ethertalk and localtalk.

I also looked at the git history for the pppd user space, and I find no
indication of appletalk ever being supported there, this all looks
IPv4/IPv6 specific. There was support for PPP_IPX until it was
dropped this year (the kernel side got removed in 2018), but never
for PPP_AT.
Adding Paul Mackerras to Cc, he might know more about it.

> I would definitely be happy to test any patches to make sure that
> EtherTalk still works with netatalk afterward!

       Arnd

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* Re: [PATCH net-next] net: appletalk: remove Apple/Farallon LocalTalk PC support
  2022-05-09 15:01 [PATCH net-next] net: appletalk: remove Apple/Farallon LocalTalk PC support Jakub Kicinski
  2022-05-09 17:14 ` Arnd Bergmann
@ 2022-05-11 12:20 ` patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 11+ messages in thread
From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf @ 2022-05-11 12:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Jakub Kicinski
  Cc: davem, netdev, pabeni, edumazet, corbet, arnd, jiapeng.chong, linux-doc

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net-next.git (master)
by David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>:

On Mon,  9 May 2022 08:01:30 -0700 you wrote:
> Looks like all the changes to this driver had been tree-wide
> refactoring since git era begun. The driver is using virt_to_bus()
> we should make it use more modern DMA APIs but since it's unlikely
> to be getting any use these days delete it instead. We can always
> revert to bring it back.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net-next] net: appletalk: remove Apple/Farallon LocalTalk PC support
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/03dcb90dbf62

You are awesome, thank you!
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* Re: [PATCH net-next] net: appletalk: remove Apple/Farallon LocalTalk PC support
  2022-05-11  8:23           ` Arnd Bergmann
@ 2022-05-12 18:11             ` James Carlson
  2022-05-12 19:21               ` Arnd Bergmann
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 11+ messages in thread
From: James Carlson @ 2022-05-12 18:11 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Arnd Bergmann, Doug Brown
  Cc: Jakub Kicinski, David Miller, Networking, Paolo Abeni,
	Eric Dumazet, Jonathan Corbet, Jiapeng Chong,
	open list:DOCUMENTATION, Paul Mackerras, linux-ppp

On 5/11/22 04:23, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> indication of appletalk ever being supported there, this all looks
> IPv4/IPv6 specific. There was support for PPP_IPX until it was
> dropped this year (the kernel side got removed in 2018), but never
> for PPP_AT.
> Adding Paul Mackerras to Cc, he might know more about it.

I waited a bit before chipping in, as I think Paul would know more.

The ATCP stuff was in at least a few vendor branches, but I don't think
it ever made it into the main distribution. These commits seem to be
where the (disabled by default) references to it first appeared:

commit 50c9469f0f683c7bf8ebad9b7f97bfc03c6a4122
Author: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Date:   Tue Mar 4 03:32:37 1997 +0000

    add defs for appletalk

commit 01548ef15e0f41f9f6af33860fb459a7f578f004
Author: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Date:   Tue Mar 4 03:41:17 1997 +0000

    connect time stuff gone to auth.c,
    don't die on EINTR from opening tty,
    ignore NCP packets during authentication,
    fix recursive signal problem in kill_my_pg

The disabled-by-default parts were likely support contributions for
those other distributions. (Very likely in BSD.)

I would've thought AppleTalk was completely gone by now, and I certainly
would not be sad to see the dregs removed from pppd, but there was a
patch release on the netatalk package just last month, so what do I know?

(The only possible reason I can see to keep any ATCP bits around at all
is to make sure we can write nice-looking log messages -- to say we're
rejecting "AppleTalk Control Protocol" rather than "unknown 8029." But
that'd be a very minor feature.)

-- 
James Carlson     42.703N 71.076W FN42lq08    <carlsonj@workingcode.com>

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* Re: [PATCH net-next] net: appletalk: remove Apple/Farallon LocalTalk PC support
  2022-05-12 18:11             ` James Carlson
@ 2022-05-12 19:21               ` Arnd Bergmann
  2022-05-12 19:28                 ` Doug Brown
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 11+ messages in thread
From: Arnd Bergmann @ 2022-05-12 19:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: James Carlson
  Cc: Arnd Bergmann, Doug Brown, Jakub Kicinski, David Miller,
	Networking, Paolo Abeni, Eric Dumazet, Jonathan Corbet,
	Jiapeng Chong, open list:DOCUMENTATION, Paul Mackerras,
	linux-ppp

On Thu, May 12, 2022 at 8:11 PM James Carlson <carlsonj@workingcode.com> wrote:
>
> On 5/11/22 04:23, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > indication of appletalk ever being supported there, this all looks
> > IPv4/IPv6 specific. There was support for PPP_IPX until it was
> > dropped this year (the kernel side got removed in 2018), but never
> > for PPP_AT.
> > Adding Paul Mackerras to Cc, he might know more about it.
>
> I waited a bit before chipping in, as I think Paul would know more.
>
> The ATCP stuff was in at least a few vendor branches, but I don't think
> it ever made it into the main distribution. These commits seem to be
> where the (disabled by default) references to it first appeared:
>
> commit 50c9469f0f683c7bf8ebad9b7f97bfc03c6a4122
> Author: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
> Date:   Tue Mar 4 03:32:37 1997 +0000
>
>     add defs for appletalk
>
> commit 01548ef15e0f41f9f6af33860fb459a7f578f004
> Author: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
> Date:   Tue Mar 4 03:41:17 1997 +0000
>
>     connect time stuff gone to auth.c,
>     don't die on EINTR from opening tty,
>     ignore NCP packets during authentication,
>     fix recursive signal problem in kill_my_pg

Right, I had seen those in the git history, but neither of them actually
does anything with appletak.

> The disabled-by-default parts were likely support contributions for
> those other distributions. (Very likely in BSD.)
>
> I would've thought AppleTalk was completely gone by now, and I certainly
> would not be sad to see the dregs removed from pppd, but there was a
> patch release on the netatalk package just last month, so what do I know?

I think netatalk 3.0 dropped all appletalk protocol stuff a long time ago and
only supports AFP over IP.

         Arnd

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* Re: [PATCH net-next] net: appletalk: remove Apple/Farallon LocalTalk PC support
  2022-05-12 19:21               ` Arnd Bergmann
@ 2022-05-12 19:28                 ` Doug Brown
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 11+ messages in thread
From: Doug Brown @ 2022-05-12 19:28 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Arnd Bergmann, James Carlson
  Cc: Jakub Kicinski, David Miller, Networking, Paolo Abeni,
	Eric Dumazet, Jonathan Corbet, Jiapeng Chong,
	open list:DOCUMENTATION, Paul Mackerras, linux-ppp

On 5/12/2022 12:21 PM, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Thu, May 12, 2022 at 8:11 PM James Carlson <carlsonj@workingcode.com> wrote:
>>
>> I would've thought AppleTalk was completely gone by now, and I certainly
>> would not be sad to see the dregs removed from pppd, but there was a
>> patch release on the netatalk package just last month, so what do I know?
> 
> I think netatalk 3.0 dropped all appletalk protocol stuff a long time ago and
> only supports AFP over IP.
That's right. The older netatalk 2.x branch has a few different branches 
on GitHub that are being maintained to allow AppleTalk connectivity with 
older Macs through Ethernet (or LocalTalk-to-Ethernet bridges), so 
people are still actively using AppleTalk with Ethernet.

BTW, I messed up my quoting in my previous message so it was hard to see 
part of my reply -- but I agree that everything in drivers/net/appletalk 
could go away except for the Kconfig entry for CONFIG_ATALK. And dev.c 
and the other LocalTalk-specific bits in net/appletalk could go away.

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