drivers/block: Remove PARIDE core and high-level protocols

Remove PARIDE core and high level protocols, taking care not to break
low-level drivers (used by pata_parport). Also update documentation.

Signed-off-by: Ondrej Zary <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Jens Axboe <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Damien Le Moal <[email protected]>

Author: Ondrej Zary

Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/paride.rst

@@ -142,7 +142,6 @@ parameter is applicable::
 	NFS	Appropriate NFS support is enabled.
 	OF	Devicetree is enabled.
 	PV_OPS	A paravirtualized kernel is enabled.
-	PARIDE	The ParIDE (parallel port IDE) subsystem is enabled.
 	PARISC	The PA-RISC architecture is enabled.
 	PCI	PCI bus support is enabled.
 	PCIE	PCI Express support is enabled.

Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst

@@ -4120,10 +4120,6 @@
 
 	pcbit=		[HW,ISDN]
 
-	pcd.		[PARIDE]
-			See header of drivers/block/paride/pcd.c.
-			See also Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/paride.rst.
-
 	pci=option[,option...]	[PCI] various PCI subsystem options.
 
 				Some options herein operate on a specific device
@@ -4386,9 +4382,6 @@
 			for debug and development, but should not be
 			needed on a platform with proper driver support.
 
-	pd.		[PARIDE]
-			See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/paride.rst.
-
 	pdcchassis=	[PARISC,HW] Disable/Enable PDC Chassis Status codes at
 			boot time.
 			Format: { 0 | 1 }
@@ -4401,12 +4394,6 @@
 			allocator.  This parameter is primarily	for debugging
 			and performance comparison.
 
-	pf.		[PARIDE]
-			See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/paride.rst.
-
-	pg.		[PARIDE]
-			See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/paride.rst.
-
 	pirq=		[SMP,APIC] Manual mp-table setup
 			See Documentation/x86/i386/IO-APIC.rst.
 
@@ -4568,9 +4555,6 @@
 
 	pstore.backend=	Specify the name of the pstore backend to use
 
-	pt.		[PARIDE]
-			See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/paride.rst.
-
 	pti=		[X86-64] Control Page Table Isolation of user and
 			kernel address spaces.  Disabling this feature
 			removes hardening, but improves performance of

Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt

@@ -15844,13 +15844,6 @@ F:	arch/*/include/asm/paravirt*.h
 F:	arch/*/kernel/paravirt*
 F:	include/linux/hypervisor.h
 
-PARIDE DRIVERS FOR PARALLEL PORT IDE DEVICES
-M:	Tim Waugh <[email protected]>
-L:	[email protected] (subscribers-only)
-S:	Maintained
-F:	Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/paride.rst
-F:	drivers/block/paride/
-
 PARISC ARCHITECTURE
 M:	"James E.J. Bottomley" <[email protected]>
 M:	Helge Deller <[email protected]>

MAINTAINERS

@@ -1164,7 +1164,7 @@ config PATA_WINBOND_VLB
 
 config PATA_PARPORT
 	tristate "Parallel port IDE device support"
-	depends on PARPORT_PC && PARIDE=n
+	depends on PARPORT_PC
 	help
 	  There are many external CD-ROM and disk devices that connect through
 	  your computer's parallel port. Most of them are actually IDE devices

drivers/ata/Kconfig

@@ -103,33 +103,6 @@ config GDROM
 	  Most users will want to say "Y" here.
 	  You can also build this as a module which will be called gdrom.
 
-config PARIDE
-	tristate "Parallel port IDE device support"
-	depends on PARPORT_PC
-	help
-	  There are many external CD-ROM and disk devices that connect through
-	  your computer's parallel port. Most of them are actually IDE devices
-	  using a parallel port IDE adapter. This option enables the PARIDE
-	  subsystem which contains drivers for many of these external drives.
-	  Read <file:Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/paride.rst> for more information.
-
-	  If you have said Y to the "Parallel-port support" configuration
-	  option, you may share a single port between your printer and other
-	  parallel port devices. Answer Y to build PARIDE support into your
-	  kernel, or M if you would like to build it as a loadable module. If
-	  your parallel port support is in a loadable module, you must build
-	  PARIDE as a module. If you built PARIDE support into your kernel,
-	  you may still build the individual protocol modules and high-level
-	  drivers as loadable modules. If you build this support as a module,
-	  it will be called paride.
-
-	  To use the PARIDE support, you must say Y or M here and also to at
-	  least one high-level driver (e.g. "Parallel port IDE disks",
-	  "Parallel port ATAPI CD-ROMs", "Parallel port ATAPI disks" etc.) and
-	  to at least one protocol driver (e.g. "ATEN EH-100 protocol",
-	  "MicroSolutions backpack protocol", "DataStor Commuter protocol"
-	  etc.).
-
 source "drivers/block/paride/Kconfig"
 
 source "drivers/block/mtip32xx/Kconfig"

drivers/block/Kconfig

@@ -1,102 +1,13 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #
 # PARIDE configuration
-#
-# PARIDE doesn't need PARPORT, but if PARPORT is configured as a module,
-# PARIDE must also be a module.
-# PARIDE only supports PC style parports. Tough for USB or other parports...
-
-comment "Parallel IDE high-level drivers"
-	depends on PARIDE
-
-config PARIDE_PD
-	tristate "Parallel port IDE disks"
-	depends on PARIDE
-	help
-	  This option enables the high-level driver for IDE-type disk devices
-	  connected through a parallel port. If you chose to build PARIDE
-	  support into your kernel, you may answer Y here to build in the
-	  parallel port IDE driver, otherwise you should answer M to build
-	  it as a loadable module. The module will be called pd. You
-	  must also have at least one parallel port protocol driver in your
-	  system. Among the devices supported by this driver are the SyQuest
-	  EZ-135, EZ-230 and SparQ drives, the Avatar Shark and the backpack
-	  hard drives from MicroSolutions.
-
-config PARIDE_PCD
-	tristate "Parallel port ATAPI CD-ROMs"
-	depends on PARIDE
-	select CDROM
-	help
-	  This option enables the high-level driver for ATAPI CD-ROM devices
-	  connected through a parallel port. If you chose to build PARIDE
-	  support into your kernel, you may answer Y here to build in the
-	  parallel port ATAPI CD-ROM driver, otherwise you should answer M to
-	  build it as a loadable module. The module will be called pcd. You
-	  must also have at least one parallel port protocol driver in your
-	  system. Among the devices supported by this driver are the
-	  MicroSolutions backpack CD-ROM drives and the Freecom Power CD. If
-	  you have such a CD-ROM drive, you should also say Y or M to "ISO
-	  9660 CD-ROM file system support" below, because that's the file
-	  system used on CD-ROMs.
-
-config PARIDE_PF
-	tristate "Parallel port ATAPI disks"
-	depends on PARIDE
-	help
-	  This option enables the high-level driver for ATAPI disk devices
-	  connected through a parallel port. If you chose to build PARIDE
-	  support into your kernel, you may answer Y here to build in the
-	  parallel port ATAPI disk driver, otherwise you should answer M
-	  to build it as a loadable module. The module will be called pf.
-	  You must also have at least one parallel port protocol driver in
-	  your system. Among the devices supported by this driver are the
-	  MicroSolutions backpack PD/CD drive and the Imation Superdisk
-	  LS-120 drive.
-
-config PARIDE_PT
-	tristate "Parallel port ATAPI tapes"
-	depends on PARIDE
-	help
-	  This option enables the high-level driver for ATAPI tape devices
-	  connected through a parallel port. If you chose to build PARIDE
-	  support into your kernel, you may answer Y here to build in the
-	  parallel port ATAPI disk driver, otherwise you should answer M
-	  to build it as a loadable module. The module will be called pt.
-	  You must also have at least one parallel port protocol driver in
-	  your system. Among the devices supported by this driver is the
-	  parallel port version of the HP 5GB drive.
-
-config PARIDE_PG
-	tristate "Parallel port generic ATAPI devices"
-	depends on PARIDE
-	help
-	  This option enables a special high-level driver for generic ATAPI
-	  devices connected through a parallel port. The driver allows user
-	  programs, such as cdrtools, to send ATAPI commands directly to a
-	  device.
-
-	  If you chose to build PARIDE support into your kernel, you may
-	  answer Y here to build in the parallel port generic ATAPI driver,
-	  otherwise you should answer M to build it as a loadable module. The
-	  module will be called pg.
-
-	  You must also have at least one parallel port protocol driver in
-	  your system.
-
-	  This driver implements an API loosely related to the generic SCSI
-	  driver. See <file:include/linux/pg.h>. for details.
-
-	  You can obtain the most recent version of cdrtools from
-	  <ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/cdrecord/>. Versions 1.6.1a3 and
-	  later fully support this driver.
 
 comment "Parallel IDE protocol modules"
-	depends on PARIDE || PATA_PARPORT
+	depends on PATA_PARPORT
 
 config PARIDE_ATEN
 	tristate "ATEN EH-100 protocol"
-	depends on PARIDE || PATA_PARPORT
+	depends on PATA_PARPORT
 	help
 	  This option enables support for the ATEN EH-100 parallel port IDE
 	  protocol. This protocol is used in some inexpensive low performance
@@ -109,7 +20,7 @@ config PARIDE_ATEN
 
 config PARIDE_BPCK
 	tristate "MicroSolutions backpack (Series 5) protocol"
-	depends on PARIDE || PATA_PARPORT
+	depends on PATA_PARPORT
 	help
 	  This option enables support for the Micro Solutions BACKPACK
 	  parallel port Series 5 IDE protocol.  (Most BACKPACK drives made
@@ -127,7 +38,7 @@ config PARIDE_BPCK
 
 config PARIDE_BPCK6
 	tristate "MicroSolutions backpack (Series 6) protocol"
-	depends on (PARIDE || PATA_PARPORT) && !64BIT
+	depends on (PATA_PARPORT) && !64BIT
 	help
 	  This option enables support for the Micro Solutions BACKPACK
 	  parallel port Series 6 IDE protocol.  (Most BACKPACK drives made
@@ -146,7 +57,7 @@ config PARIDE_BPCK6
 
 config PARIDE_COMM
 	tristate "DataStor Commuter protocol"
-	depends on PARIDE || PATA_PARPORT
+	depends on PATA_PARPORT
 	help
 	  This option enables support for the Commuter parallel port IDE
 	  protocol from DataStor. If you chose to build PARIDE support
@@ -157,7 +68,7 @@ config PARIDE_COMM
 
 config PARIDE_DSTR
 	tristate "DataStor EP-2000 protocol"
-	depends on PARIDE || PATA_PARPORT
+	depends on PATA_PARPORT
 	help
 	  This option enables support for the EP-2000 parallel port IDE
 	  protocol from DataStor. If you chose to build PARIDE support
@@ -168,7 +79,7 @@ config PARIDE_DSTR
 
 config PARIDE_FIT2
 	tristate "FIT TD-2000 protocol"
-	depends on PARIDE || PATA_PARPORT
+	depends on PATA_PARPORT
 	help
 	  This option enables support for the TD-2000 parallel port IDE
 	  protocol from Fidelity International Technology. This is a simple
@@ -181,7 +92,7 @@ config PARIDE_FIT2
 
 config PARIDE_FIT3
 	tristate "FIT TD-3000 protocol"
-	depends on PARIDE || PATA_PARPORT
+	depends on PATA_PARPORT
 	help
 	  This option enables support for the TD-3000 parallel port IDE
 	  protocol from Fidelity International Technology. This protocol is
@@ -194,7 +105,7 @@ config PARIDE_FIT3
 
 config PARIDE_EPAT
 	tristate "Shuttle EPAT/EPEZ protocol"
-	depends on PARIDE || PATA_PARPORT
+	depends on PATA_PARPORT
 	help
 	  This option enables support for the EPAT parallel port IDE protocol.
 	  EPAT is a parallel port IDE adapter manufactured by Shuttle
@@ -216,7 +127,7 @@ config PARIDE_EPATC8
 
 config PARIDE_EPIA
 	tristate "Shuttle EPIA protocol"
-	depends on PARIDE || PATA_PARPORT
+	depends on PATA_PARPORT
 	help
 	  This option enables support for the (obsolete) EPIA parallel port
 	  IDE protocol from Shuttle Technology. This adapter can still be
@@ -228,7 +139,7 @@ config PARIDE_EPIA
 
 config PARIDE_FRIQ
 	tristate "Freecom IQ ASIC-2 protocol"
-	depends on PARIDE || PATA_PARPORT
+	depends on PATA_PARPORT
 	help
 	  This option enables support for version 2 of the Freecom IQ parallel
 	  port IDE adapter.  This adapter is used by the Maxell Superdisk
@@ -240,7 +151,7 @@ config PARIDE_FRIQ
 
 config PARIDE_FRPW
 	tristate "FreeCom power protocol"
-	depends on PARIDE || PATA_PARPORT
+	depends on PATA_PARPORT
 	help
 	  This option enables support for the Freecom power parallel port IDE
 	  protocol. If you chose to build PARIDE support into your kernel, you
@@ -251,7 +162,7 @@ config PARIDE_FRPW
 
 config PARIDE_KBIC
 	tristate "KingByte KBIC-951A/971A protocols"
-	depends on PARIDE || PATA_PARPORT
+	depends on PATA_PARPORT
 	help
 	  This option enables support for the KBIC-951A and KBIC-971A parallel
 	  port IDE protocols from KingByte Information Corp. KingByte's
@@ -264,7 +175,7 @@ config PARIDE_KBIC
 
 config PARIDE_KTTI
 	tristate "KT PHd protocol"
-	depends on PARIDE || PATA_PARPORT
+	depends on PATA_PARPORT
 	help
 	  This option enables support for the "PHd" parallel port IDE protocol
 	  from KT Technology. This is a simple (low speed) adapter that is
@@ -277,7 +188,7 @@ config PARIDE_KTTI
 
 config PARIDE_ON20
 	tristate "OnSpec 90c20 protocol"
-	depends on PARIDE || PATA_PARPORT
+	depends on PATA_PARPORT
 	help
 	  This option enables support for the (obsolete) 90c20 parallel port
 	  IDE protocol from OnSpec (often marketed under the ValuStore brand
@@ -289,7 +200,7 @@ config PARIDE_ON20
 
 config PARIDE_ON26
 	tristate "OnSpec 90c26 protocol"
-	depends on PARIDE || PATA_PARPORT
+	depends on PATA_PARPORT
 	help
 	  This option enables support for the 90c26 parallel port IDE protocol
 	  from OnSpec Electronics (often marketed under the ValuStore brand

drivers/block/paride/Kconfig

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 # Rewritten to use lists instead of if-statements.
 #
 
-obj-$(CONFIG_PARIDE)		+= paride.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PARIDE_ATEN)	+= aten.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PARIDE_BPCK)	+= bpck.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PARIDE_COMM)	+= comm.o
@@ -22,8 +21,3 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_PARIDE_ON20)	+= on20.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PARIDE_ON26)	+= on26.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PARIDE_KTTI)	+= ktti.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PARIDE_BPCK6)	+= bpck6.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_PARIDE_PD)		+= pd.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_PARIDE_PCD)	+= pcd.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_PARIDE_PF)		+= pf.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_PARIDE_PT)		+= pt.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_PARIDE_PG)		+= pg.o