tipar: remove obsolete module

tipar: remove obsolete module

The tipar character driver was used to implement bit-banging access
to Texas Instruments parallel link cable. A user-land method now 
exists thru PPDEV & PARPORT.
Signed-off-by: Romain Liévin <roms@lpg.ticalc.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>

Documentation/tipar.txt

-
-		Parallel link cable for Texas Instruments handhelds
-		===================================================
-
-
-Author: Romain Lievin
-Homepage: http://lpg.ticalc.org/prj_tidev/index.html
-
-
-INTRODUCTION:
-
-This is a driver for the very common home-made parallel link cable, a cable 
-designed for connecting TI8x/9x graphing calculators (handhelds) to a computer
-or workstation (Alpha, Sparc). Given that driver is built on parport, the 
-parallel port abstraction layer, this driver is architecture-independent.
-
-It can also be used with another device plugged on the same port (such as a
-ZIP drive). I have a 100MB ZIP and both of them work fine!
-
-If you need more information, please visit the 'TI drivers' homepage at the URL
-above.
-
-WHAT YOU NEED:
-
-A TI calculator and a program capable of communicating with your calculator.
-
-TiLP will work for sure (since I am its developer!). yal92 may be able to use
-it by changing tidev for tipar (may require some hacking...).
-
-HOW TO USE IT:
-
-You must have first compiled parport support (CONFIG_PARPORT_DEV): either 
-compiled in your kernel, either as a module. 
-
-Next, (as root):
-
-       modprobe parport
-       modprobe tipar
-
-If it is not already there (it usually is), create the device:
-
-       mknod /dev/tipar0 c 115 0
-       mknod /dev/tipar1 c 115 1
-       mknod /dev/tipar2 c 115 2
-
-You will have to set permissions on this device to allow you to read/write
-from it:
-
-       chmod 666 /dev/tipar[0..2]
-       
-Now you are ready to run a linking program such as TiLP. Be sure to configure 
-it properly (RTFM).
-       
-MODULE PARAMETERS:
-
-  You can set these with:  modprobe tipar NAME=VALUE
-  There is currently no way to set these on a per-cable basis.
-
-  NAME: timeout
-  TYPE: integer
-  DEFAULT: 15
-  DESC: Timeout value in tenth of seconds. If no data is available once this 
-	time has expired then the driver will return with a timeout error.
-
-  NAME: delay
-  TYPE: integer
-  DEFAULT: 10
-  DESC: Inter-bit delay in micro-seconds. A lower value gives an higher data
-	rate but makes transmission less reliable.
-
-These parameters can be changed at run time by any program via ioctl(2) calls 
-as listed in ./include/linux/ticable.h.
-
-Rather than write 50 pages describing the ioctl() and so on, it is
-perhaps more useful you look at ticables library (dev_link.c) that demonstrates
-how to use them, and demonstrates the features of the driver. This is
-probably a lot more useful to people interested in writing applications
-that will be using this driver.
-
-QUIRKS/BUGS:
-
-None.
-
-HOW TO CONTACT US:
-
-You can email me at roms@lpg.ticalc.org. Please prefix the subject line
-with "TIPAR: " so that I am certain to notice your message.
-You can also mail JB at jb@jblache.org. He packaged these drivers for Debian.
-
-CREDITS:
-
-The code is based on tidev.c & parport.c.
-The driver has been developed independently of Texas Instruments.

MAINTAINERS

@@ -3699,11 +3699,6 @@ M:	nagar@watson.ibm.com
 L:	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
 S:	Maintained
 
-TI PARALLEL LINK CABLE DRIVER
-P:	Romain Lievin
-M:	roms@lpg.ticalc.org
-S:	Maintained
-
 TIPC NETWORK LAYER
 P:	Per Liden
 M:	per.liden@ericsson.com

drivers/char/Kconfig

@@ -543,28 +543,6 @@ config PPDEV
 
 	  If unsure, say N.
 
-config TIPAR
-	tristate "Texas Instruments parallel link cable support"
-	depends on PARPORT
-	---help---
-	  If you own a Texas Instruments graphing calculator and use a
-	  parallel link cable, then you might be interested in this driver.
-
-	  If you enable this driver, you will be able to communicate with
-	  your calculator through a set of device nodes under /dev. The
-	  main advantage of this driver is that you don't have to be root
-	  to use this precise link cable (depending on the permissions on
-	  the device nodes, though).
-
-	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
-	  module will be called tipar.
-
-	  If you don't know what a parallel link cable is or what a Texas
-	  Instruments graphing calculator is, then you probably don't need this
-	  driver.
-
-	  If unsure, say N.
-
 config HVC_DRIVER
 	bool
 	help

include/linux/ticable.h

-/* Hey EMACS -*- linux-c -*-
- *
- * tipar/tiser/tiusb - low level driver for handling link cables
- * designed for Texas Instruments graphing calculators.
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2000-2002, Romain Lievin <roms@lpg.ticalc.org>
- *
- * Redistribution of this file is permitted under the terms of the GNU
- * Public License (GPL)
- */
-
-#ifndef _TICABLE_H 
-#define _TICABLE_H 1
-
-/* Internal default constants for the kernel module */
-#define TIMAXTIME 15      /* 1.5 seconds       */
-#define IO_DELAY  10      /* 10 micro-seconds  */
-
-/* Major & minor number for character devices */
-#define TIPAR_MAJOR  115 /* 0 to 7 */
-#define TIPAR_MINOR    0
-
-#define TISER_MAJOR  115 /* 8 to 15 */
-#define TISER_MINOR    8
-
-#define TIUSB_MAJOR  115  /* 16 to 31 */
-#define TIUSB_MINOR   16
-
-/*
- * Request values for the 'ioctl' function.
- */
-#define IOCTL_TIPAR_DELAY     _IOW('p', 0xa8, int) /* set delay   */
-#define IOCTL_TIPAR_TIMEOUT   _IOW('p', 0xa9, int) /* set timeout */
-
-#define IOCTL_TISER_DELAY     _IOW('p', 0xa0, int) /* set delay   */
-#define IOCTL_TISER_TIMEOUT   _IOW('p', 0xa1, int) /* set timeout */
-
-#define IOCTL_TIUSB_TIMEOUT        _IOW('N', 0x20, int) /* set timeout */
-#define IOCTL_TIUSB_RESET_DEVICE   _IOW('N', 0x21, int) /* reset device */
-#define IOCTL_TIUSB_RESET_PIPES    _IOW('N', 0x22, int) /* reset both pipes*/
-#define IOCTL_TIUSB_GET_MAXPS      _IOR('N', 0x23, int) /* max packet size */
-#define IOCTL_TIUSB_GET_DEVID      _IOR('N', 0x24, int) /* get device type */
-
-#endif /* TICABLE_H */