Subject: [PATCH 1/3] netdev: Remove SIOCDEVPRIVATE aliases for MDIO ioctls

From: Ben Hutchings <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:38:33 +0100

The standard MDIO ioctl numbers are well-established and these should
no longer be needed.

Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <[email-masked]>
---
 drivers/net/ibm_newemac/core.c |    3 ---
 drivers/net/natsemi.c          |    3 ---
 2 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ibm_newemac/core.c b/drivers/net/ibm_newemac/core.c
index d7579e4..24ae671 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ibm_newemac/core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ibm_newemac/core.c
@@ -2218,16 +2218,13 @@ static int emac_ioctl(struct net_device *ndev, struct ifreq *rq, int cmd)
 
 	switch (cmd) {
 	case SIOCGMIIPHY:
-	case SIOCDEVPRIVATE:
 		data[0] = dev->phy.address;
 		/* Fall through */
 	case SIOCGMIIREG:
-	case SIOCDEVPRIVATE + 1:
 		data[3] = emac_mdio_read(ndev, dev->phy.address, data[1]);
 		return 0;
 
 	case SIOCSMIIREG:
-	case SIOCDEVPRIVATE + 2:
 		if (!capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN))
 			return -EPERM;
 		emac_mdio_write(ndev, dev->phy.address, data[1], data[2]);
diff --git a/drivers/net/natsemi.c b/drivers/net/natsemi.c
index bd41351..b52e5d9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/natsemi.c
+++ b/drivers/net/natsemi.c
@@ -3053,12 +3053,10 @@ static int netdev_ioctl(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *rq, int cmd)
 
 	switch(cmd) {
 	case SIOCGMIIPHY:		/* Get address of MII PHY in use. */
-	case SIOCDEVPRIVATE:		/* for binary compat, remove in 2.5 */
 		data->phy_id = np->phy_addr_external;
 		/* Fall Through */
 
 	case SIOCGMIIREG:		/* Read MII PHY register. */
-	case SIOCDEVPRIVATE+1:		/* for binary compat, remove in 2.5 */
 		/* The phy_id is not enough to uniquely identify
 		 * the intended target. Therefore the command is sent to
 		 * the given mii on the current port.
@@ -3077,7 +3075,6 @@ static int netdev_ioctl(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *rq, int cmd)
 		return 0;
 
 	case SIOCSMIIREG:		/* Write MII PHY register. */
-	case SIOCDEVPRIVATE+2:		/* for binary compat, remove in 2.5 */
 		if (!capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN))
 			return -EPERM;
 		if (dev->if_port == PORT_TP) {

-- 
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