[SCSI] aci7xxx_old: delete decade+ obsolete driver

After getting warnings in an allyesconfig build[1] from this
driver, I decided to remind myself just how old it was, and
whether it warranted fixing.  In the Kconfig help text, I found:

  "This driver will eventually be phased out entirely"

Going back to the history archive, I see the line was added[2]
in Feb 2002, when we moved from v2.4.2.1 ---> v2.4.2.2

So, with over a decade of notification, and multiple major releases
since then, I think we can justify removing this.  Currently we have
people wasting time building it during routine testing, and then
wasting more time re-researching the known reported warnings, only to
find that nobody really is willing to integrate the fixes[3] for it.

A quick search didn't seem to indicate any active user base for it.
If someone happens to have a quirky _old_ card that the eleven year
old "new" driver doesn't work with, then it is entirely reasonable
that they stick with a kernel version that predates this removal.

[1] drivers/scsi/aic7xxx_old.c: In function ‘aic7xxx_register’:
    drivers/scsi/aic7xxx_old.c:7901:5: warning: case value ‘257’ not in enumerated type ‘ahc_chip’ [-Wswitch]
    drivers/scsi/aic7xxx_old.c:7898:5: warning: case value ‘513’ not in enumerated type ‘ahc_chip’ [-Wswitch]
    drivers/scsi/aic7xxx_old.c: In function ‘aic7xxx_load_seeprom’:
    drivers/scsi/aic7xxx_old.c:8517:5: warning: case value ‘257’ not in enumerated type ‘ahc_chip’ [-Wswitch]
    drivers/scsi/aic7xxx_old.c:8510:5: warning: case value ‘513’ not in enumerated type ‘ahc_chip’ [-Wswitch]

[2] http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/tglx/history.git commit 44e8778c

[3] https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/10/29/215

Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>
Acked-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de>
Acked-by: Doug Ledford <dledford@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: James Bottomley <JBottomley@Parallels.com>

1 files changed, 0 insertions, 41 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/Kconfig b/drivers/scsi/Kconfig
index fe25677a5511..1f02003ea08d 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/scsi/Kconfig
@@ -499,47 +499,6 @@ config SCSI_AACRAID
 
 
 source "drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/Kconfig.aic7xxx"
-
-config SCSI_AIC7XXX_OLD
-	tristate "Adaptec AIC7xxx support (old driver)"
-	depends on (ISA || EISA || PCI ) && SCSI
-	help
-	  WARNING This driver is an older aic7xxx driver and is no longer
-	  under active development.  Adaptec, Inc. is writing a new driver to
-	  take the place of this one, and it is recommended that whenever
-	  possible, people should use the new Adaptec written driver instead
-	  of this one.  This driver will eventually be phased out entirely.
-
-	  This is support for the various aic7xxx based Adaptec SCSI
-	  controllers. These include the 274x EISA cards; 284x VLB cards;
-	  2902, 2910, 293x, 294x, 394x, 3985 and several other PCI and
-	  motherboard based SCSI controllers from Adaptec. It does not support
-	  the AAA-13x RAID controllers from Adaptec, nor will it likely ever
-	  support them. It does not support the 2920 cards from Adaptec that
-	  use the Future Domain SCSI controller chip. For those cards, you
-	  need the "Future Domain 16xx SCSI support" driver.
-
-	  In general, if the controller is based on an Adaptec SCSI controller
-	  chip from the aic777x series or the aic78xx series, this driver
-	  should work. The only exception is the 7810 which is specifically
-	  not supported (that's the RAID controller chip on the AAA-13x
-	  cards).
-
-	  Note that the AHA2920 SCSI host adapter is *not* supported by this
-	  driver; choose "Future Domain 16xx SCSI support" instead if you have
-	  one of those.
-
-	  Information on the configuration options for this controller can be
-	  found by checking the help file for each of the available
-	  configuration options. You should read
-	  <file:Documentation/scsi/aic7xxx_old.txt> at a minimum before
-	  contacting the maintainer with any questions.  The SCSI-HOWTO,
-	  available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, can also
-	  be of great help.
-
-	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
-	  module will be called aic7xxx_old.
-
 source "drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/Kconfig.aic79xx"
 source "drivers/scsi/aic94xx/Kconfig"
 source "drivers/scsi/mvsas/Kconfig"