linux-kernel - [PATCH 10/47] char: remove obsolete ds1302 rtc driver

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Date:   Wed, 14 Mar 2018 16:35:23 +0100
From:   Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH 10/47] char: remove obsolete ds1302 rtc driver

The m32r architecture was the only user of the old-style
rtc driver for ds1302. The architecture is getting removed
now, and we have a modern driver for the same hardware in
drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1302.c, so this one won't be missed.

Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
---
 drivers/char/Kconfig  |   9 --
 drivers/char/Makefile |   1 -
 drivers/char/ds1302.c | 357 --------------------------------------------------
 3 files changed, 367 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 drivers/char/ds1302.c

diff --git a/drivers/char/Kconfig b/drivers/char/Kconfig
index c28dca0c613d..3f9561186ad7 100644
--- a/drivers/char/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/char/Kconfig
@@ -346,15 +346,6 @@ config EFI_RTC
 	bool "EFI Real Time Clock Services"
 	depends on IA64
 
-config DS1302
-	tristate "DS1302 RTC support"
-	depends on M32R && (PLAT_M32700UT || PLAT_OPSPUT)
-	help
-	  If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
-	  major number 121 and minor number 0 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
-	  will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
-	  into your computer.
-
 endif # RTC_LIB
 
 config DTLK
diff --git a/drivers/char/Makefile b/drivers/char/Makefile
index 7dc3abe66464..4a34a71fe3d7 100644
--- a/drivers/char/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/char/Makefile
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_SONYPI)		+= sonypi.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_RTC)		+= rtc.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_HPET)		+= hpet.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_EFI_RTC)		+= efirtc.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_DS1302)		+= ds1302.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_XILINX_HWICAP)	+= xilinx_hwicap/
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_GENERIC_NVRAM),y)
   obj-$(CONFIG_NVRAM)	+= generic_nvram.o
diff --git a/drivers/char/ds1302.c b/drivers/char/ds1302.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 8e16ad5d6d89..000000000000
-- 
2.9.0