ipx: move Novell IPX protocol support into staging

The Netware IPX protocol is very old and no one should still be using
it. It is time to move it into staging for a while and eventually
decommision it.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

13 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index aa71ab52fd76..56cc7261c7e4 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -7311,9 +7311,8 @@ F:	drivers/tty/ipwireless/
 IPX NETWORK LAYER
 L:	netdev@vger.kernel.org
 S:	Odd fixes
-F:	include/net/ipx.h
 F:	include/uapi/linux/ipx.h
-F:	net/ipx/
+F:	drivers/staging/ipx/
 
 IRDA SUBSYSTEM
 M:	Samuel Ortiz <samuel@sortiz.org>
diff --git a/drivers/staging/Kconfig b/drivers/staging/Kconfig
index 554683912cff..3744640bed5a 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/staging/Kconfig
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ if STAGING
 
 source "drivers/staging/irda/net/Kconfig"
 
+source "drivers/staging/ipx/Kconfig"
+
 source "drivers/staging/wlan-ng/Kconfig"
 
 source "drivers/staging/comedi/Kconfig"
diff --git a/drivers/staging/Makefile b/drivers/staging/Makefile
index 6e536020029a..f4c0506470ff 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/staging/Makefile
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 obj-y				+= media/
 obj-y				+= typec/
+obj-$(CONFIG_IPX)		+= ipx/
 obj-$(CONFIG_IRDA)		+= irda/net/
 obj-$(CONFIG_IRDA)		+= irda/drivers/
 obj-$(CONFIG_PRISM2_USB)	+= wlan-ng/
diff --git a/net/ipx/Kconfig b/drivers/staging/ipx/Kconfig
index e9ad0062fbb6..e9ad0062fbb6 100644
--- a/net/ipx/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/staging/ipx/Kconfig
diff --git a/net/ipx/Makefile b/drivers/staging/ipx/Makefile
index 440fafa9fd07..440fafa9fd07 100644
--- a/net/ipx/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/staging/ipx/Makefile
diff --git a/drivers/staging/ipx/TODO b/drivers/staging/ipx/TODO
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..80db5d968264
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/staging/ipx/TODO
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+The ipx code will be removed soon from the kernel tree as it is old and
+obsolete and broken.
+
+Don't worry about fixing up anything here, it's not needed.
diff --git a/net/ipx/af_ipx.c b/drivers/staging/ipx/af_ipx.c
index d21a9d128d3e..d21a9d128d3e 100644
--- a/net/ipx/af_ipx.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/ipx/af_ipx.c
diff --git a/net/ipx/ipx_proc.c b/drivers/staging/ipx/ipx_proc.c
index 38a3d51d9ead..38a3d51d9ead 100644
--- a/net/ipx/ipx_proc.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/ipx/ipx_proc.c
diff --git a/net/ipx/ipx_route.c b/drivers/staging/ipx/ipx_route.c
index 3cf93aa9f284..3cf93aa9f284 100644
--- a/net/ipx/ipx_route.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/ipx/ipx_route.c
diff --git a/net/ipx/pe2.c b/drivers/staging/ipx/pe2.c
index ba7d4214bbff..ba7d4214bbff 100644
--- a/net/ipx/pe2.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/ipx/pe2.c
diff --git a/net/ipx/sysctl_net_ipx.c b/drivers/staging/ipx/sysctl_net_ipx.c
index c3eef457db88..c3eef457db88 100644
--- a/net/ipx/sysctl_net_ipx.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/ipx/sysctl_net_ipx.c
diff --git a/net/Kconfig b/net/Kconfig
index 9dba2715919d..ff71ba0f6c27 100644
--- a/net/Kconfig
+++ b/net/Kconfig
@@ -212,7 +212,6 @@ source "net/dsa/Kconfig"
 source "net/8021q/Kconfig"
 source "net/decnet/Kconfig"
 source "net/llc/Kconfig"
-source "net/ipx/Kconfig"
 source "drivers/net/appletalk/Kconfig"
 source "net/x25/Kconfig"
 source "net/lapb/Kconfig"
diff --git a/net/Makefile b/net/Makefile
index 14fede520840..a6147c61b174 100644
--- a/net/Makefile
+++ b/net/Makefile
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_PACKET)		+= packet/
 obj-$(CONFIG_NET_KEY)		+= key/
 obj-$(CONFIG_BRIDGE)		+= bridge/
 obj-$(CONFIG_NET_DSA)		+= dsa/
-obj-$(CONFIG_IPX)		+= ipx/
 obj-$(CONFIG_ATALK)		+= appletalk/
 obj-$(CONFIG_X25)		+= x25/
 obj-$(CONFIG_LAPB)		+= lapb/