Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750860AbWE2MDh (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 May 2006 08:03:37 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750883AbWE2MDh (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 May 2006 08:03:37 -0400 Received: from vanessarodrigues.com ([192.139.46.150]:1517 "EHLO jaguar.mkp.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750857AbWE2MDg (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 May 2006 08:03:36 -0400 To: Linus Torvalds Cc: Andrew Morton , Mike Shaver , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: [patch] eliminte unused /proc/sys/net/ethernet From: Jes Sorensen Date: 29 May 2006 08:03:35 -0400 Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1608 Lines: 56 Hi, Given that /proc/sys/net/ethernet is > 10 years old and empty - maybe we should just nuke it off the face of the planet? Cheers, Jes The /proc/sys/net/ehternet directory has been sitting empty for more than 10 years - eliminate it! Signed-off-by: Jes Sorensen --- net/ethernet/sysctl_net_ether.c | 14 -------------- net/sysctl_net.c | 8 -------- 2 files changed, 22 deletions(-) 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 -#include -#include - -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, - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/