Re: [PATCH] docs: kernel-parameters: Remove smsc-ircc2 IrDA parameters

Randy Dunlap <[email protected]> Sun, 2 Aug 2026 08:02:02 -0700
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-doc,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Message-ID <[email protected]>

On 8/2/26 7:11 AM, Anuj Bolewar via B4 Relay wrote:
> From: Anuj Bolewar <[email protected]>
> 
> The smsc-ircc2 module parameters reference drivers/net/irda/
> smsc-ircc2.c, which was removed along with the entire IrDA stack in
> commit d64c2a76123f ("staging: irda: remove the irda network stack
> and drivers").
> 
> Signed-off-by: Anuj Bolewar <[email protected]>

Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <[email protected]>
Thanks.

> ---
> The IrDA stack and drivers were removed from the kernel in commit
> d64c2a76123f ("staging: irda: remove the irda network stack and
> drivers"). Remove the now-obsolete smsc-ircc2 module parameters from
> the kernel parameter documentation.
> ---
>  Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 11 -----------
>  1 file changed, 11 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> index b5493a7f8f2..72afae6ea85 100644
> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> @@ -7006,17 +7006,6 @@ Kernel parameters
>  			take as long as they take.  Specifying 300,000
>  			for this value provides a 5-minute timeout.
>  
> -	smsc-ircc2.nopnp	[HW] Don't use PNP to discover SMC devices
> -	smsc-ircc2.ircc_cfg=	[HW] Device configuration I/O port
> -	smsc-ircc2.ircc_sir=	[HW] SIR base I/O port
> -	smsc-ircc2.ircc_fir=	[HW] FIR base I/O port
> -	smsc-ircc2.ircc_irq=	[HW] IRQ line
> -	smsc-ircc2.ircc_dma=	[HW] DMA channel
> -	smsc-ircc2.ircc_transceiver= [HW] Transceiver type:
> -				0: Toshiba Satellite 1800 (GP data pin select)
> -				1: Fast pin select (default)
> -				2: ATC IRMode
> -
>  	smt=		[KNL,MIPS,S390,EARLY] Set the maximum number of threads
>  			(logical CPUs) to use per physical CPU on systems
>  			capable of symmetric multithreading (SMT). Will
> 
> ---
> base-commit: 2d2338c93da79b3bfe4b6099a931d9468d539952
> change-id: 20260802-docs-remove-smsc-ircc2-params-ac9b4fef1443
> 
> Best regards,
> --  
> Anuj Bolewar <[email protected]>
> 
> 
> 

-- 
~Randy