[PATCH net 1/2] docs: admin-guide: remove references to IPX and token-ring

[PATCH net 1/2] docs: admin-guide: remove references to IPX and token-ring

[Stephen Hemminger]

Both IPX and TR have not been supported for a while now.
Remove them from the /proc/sys/net documentation.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
---
 Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst | 29 +-----------------------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 28 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst
index a7d44e71019d..287b98708a40 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ Table : Subdirectories in /proc/sys/net
  802       E802 protocol         ax25       AX25
  ethernet  Ethernet protocol     rose       X.25 PLP layer
  ipv4      IP version 4          x25        X.25 protocol
- ipx       IPX                   token-ring IBM token ring
  bridge    Bridging              decnet     DEC net
  ipv6      IP version 6          tipc       TIPC
  ========= =================== = ========== ==================
@@ -401,33 +400,7 @@ interface.
 (network) that the route leads to, the router (may be directly connected), the
 route flags, and the device the route is using.
 
-
-5. IPX
-------
-
-The IPX protocol has no tunable values in proc/sys/net.
-
-The IPX  protocol  does,  however,  provide  proc/net/ipx. This lists each IPX
-socket giving  the  local  and  remote  addresses  in  Novell  format (that is
-network:node:port). In  accordance  with  the  strange  Novell  tradition,
-everything but the port is in hex. Not_Connected is displayed for sockets that
-are not  tied to a specific remote address. The Tx and Rx queue sizes indicate
-the number  of  bytes  pending  for  transmission  and  reception.  The  state
-indicates the  state  the  socket  is  in and the uid is the owning uid of the
-socket.
-
-The /proc/net/ipx_interface  file lists all IPX interfaces. For each interface
-it gives  the network number, the node number, and indicates if the network is
-the primary  network.  It  also  indicates  which  device  it  is bound to (or
-Internal for  internal  networks)  and  the  Frame  Type if appropriate. Linux
-supports 802.3,  802.2,  802.2  SNAP  and DIX (Blue Book) ethernet framing for
-IPX.
-
-The /proc/net/ipx_route  table  holds  a list of IPX routes. For each route it
-gives the  destination  network, the router node (or Directly) and the network
-address of the router (or Connected) for internal networks.
-
-6. TIPC
+5. TIPC
 -------
 
 tipc_rmem
-- 
2.20.1

[PATCH net 2/2] net: docs: replace IPX in tuntap documentation

[Stephen Hemminger]

IPX is no longer supported, but the example in the documentation
might useful. Replace it with IPv6.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
---
 Documentation/networking/tuntap.txt | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/networking/tuntap.txt b/Documentation/networking/tuntap.txt
index 949d5dcdd9a3..0104830d5075 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/tuntap.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/tuntap.txt
@@ -204,8 +204,8 @@ Ethernet device, which instead of receiving packets from a physical
 media, receives them from user space program and instead of sending 
 packets via physical media sends them to the user space program. 
 
-Let's say that you configured IPX on the tap0, then whenever 
-the kernel sends an IPX packet to tap0, it is passed to the application
+Let's say that you configured IPv6 on the tap0, then whenever
+the kernel sends an IPv6 packet to tap0, it is passed to the application
 (VTun for example). The application encrypts, compresses and sends it to 
 the other side over TCP or UDP. The application on the other side decompresses
 and decrypts the data received and writes the packet to the TAP device, 
-- 
2.20.1

Re: [PATCH net 1/2] docs: admin-guide: remove references to IPX and token-ring

[David Miller]

From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
Date: Mon,  5 Aug 2019 15:30:02 -0700

> Both IPX and TR have not been supported for a while now.
> Remove them from the /proc/sys/net documentation.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>

Applied.

Re: [PATCH net 2/2] net: docs: replace IPX in tuntap documentation

[David Miller]

From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
Date: Mon,  5 Aug 2019 15:30:03 -0700

> IPX is no longer supported, but the example in the documentation
> might useful. Replace it with IPv6.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>

Applied.