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authorPaul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>2013-01-21 06:17:41 +0000
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2013-01-21 13:54:05 -0500
commit202dc3fc599c1dded235d3b448d9ca924252e354 (patch)
tree0c9aab2be90802c7ee64669360ca99f67ed6bc0b /Documentation/networking
parent12dfac6c959c9a8ca601df46349f7fadb8b23843 (diff)
Documentation: remove obsolete networking/multicast.txt file
The original intent of this file was to list limitations in drivers/hardware relating to multicast use, back when some modest hardware from the early 1990s did not support things we might take for granted today. I was intending to delete some now-gone MCA/token ring entries in this file, but once I opened it, I found it only contained information on the earliest (pre-2000) linux networking drivers. Checking the git history shows that the file hasn't been touched since 2005. Clearly nobody is actively consulting this file as a meaningful reference. Rather than add a "YES YES YES" line for all of the drivers we currently have, lets just take advantage of the fact that nobody is using the file to delete it. This has the side benefit of not having to do a line-by-line deletion of the file content as each older driver is expired. Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/00-INDEX2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/multicast.txt63
2 files changed, 0 insertions, 65 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/00-INDEX b/Documentation/networking/00-INDEX
index 2cc3c7733a2..1abfff26f8a 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/00-INDEX
+++ b/Documentation/networking/00-INDEX
@@ -126,8 +126,6 @@ ltpc.txt
- the Apple or Farallon LocalTalk PC card driver
mac80211-injection.txt
- HOWTO use packet injection with mac80211
-multicast.txt
- - Behaviour of cards under Multicast
multiqueue.txt
- HOWTO for multiqueue network device support.
netconsole.txt
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/multicast.txt b/Documentation/networking/multicast.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index b06c8c69266..00000000000
--- a/Documentation/networking/multicast.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,63 +0,0 @@
-Behaviour of Cards Under Multicast
-==================================
-
-This is how they currently behave, not what the hardware can do--for example,
-the Lance driver doesn't use its filter, even though the code for loading
-it is in the DEC Lance-based driver.
-
-The following are requirements for multicasting
------------------------------------------------
-AppleTalk Multicast hardware filtering not important but
- avoid cards only doing promisc
-IP-Multicast Multicast hardware filters really help
-IP-MRoute AllMulti hardware filters are of no help
-
-
-Board Multicast AllMulti Promisc Filter
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-3c501 YES YES YES Software
-3c503 YES YES YES Hardware
-3c505 YES NO YES Hardware
-3c507 NO NO NO N/A
-3c509 YES YES YES Software
-3c59x YES YES YES Software
-ac3200 YES YES YES Hardware
-apricot YES PROMISC YES Hardware
-arcnet NO NO NO N/A
-at1700 PROMISC PROMISC YES Software
-atp PROMISC PROMISC YES Software
-cs89x0 YES YES YES Software
-de4x5 YES YES YES Hardware
-de600 NO NO NO N/A
-de620 PROMISC PROMISC YES Software
-depca YES PROMISC YES Hardware
-dmfe YES YES YES Software(*)
-e2100 YES YES YES Hardware
-eepro YES PROMISC YES Hardware
-eexpress NO NO NO N/A
-ewrk3 YES PROMISC YES Hardware
-hp-plus YES YES YES Hardware
-hp YES YES YES Hardware
-hp100 YES YES YES Hardware
-ibmtr NO NO NO N/A
-ioc3-eth YES YES YES Hardware
-lance YES YES YES Software(#)
-ne YES YES YES Hardware
-ni52 <------------------ Buggy ------------------>
-ni65 YES YES YES Software(#)
-seeq NO NO NO N/A
-sgiseek <------------------ Buggy ------------------>
-smc-ultra YES YES YES Hardware
-sunlance YES YES YES Hardware
-tulip YES YES YES Hardware
-wavelan YES PROMISC YES Hardware
-wd YES YES YES Hardware
-xirc2ps_cs YES YES YES Hardware
-znet YES YES YES Software
-
-
-PROMISC = This multicast mode is in fact promiscuous mode. Avoid using
-cards who go PROMISC on any multicast in a multicast kernel.
-
-(#) = Hardware multicast support is not used yet.
-(*) = Hardware support for Davicom 9132 chipset only.