usb: gadget: Remove File-backed Storage Gadget (g_file_storage).

The File-backed Storage Gadget (g_file_storage) gadget has been replaced with Mass Storage Gadget (g_mass_storage) which uses the composite framework. This commit removes g_file_storage (and most references to it). Signed-off-by: Michal Nazarewicz <[email protected]> Acked-by: Alan Stern <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Felipe Balbi <[email protected]>
aryabinin · Nov 8, 2012 · fa06920 · fa06920
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diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/gadget.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/gadget.tmpl
@@ -671,7 +671,7 @@ than a kernel driver.
 <para>There's a USB Mass Storage class driver, which provides
 a different solution for interoperability with systems such
 as MS-Windows and MacOS.
-That <emphasis>File-backed Storage</emphasis> driver uses a
+That <emphasis>Mass Storage</emphasis> driver uses a
 file or block device as backing store for a drive,
 like the <filename>loop</filename> driver.
 The USB host uses the BBB, CB, or CBI versions of the mass

diff --git a/Documentation/usb/mass-storage.txt b/Documentation/usb/mass-storage.txt
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@
 
   This document describes how to use the gadget from user space, its
   relation to mass storage function (or MSF) and different gadgets
-  using it, and how it differs from File Storage Gadget (or FSG).  It
-  will talk only briefly about how to use MSF within composite
-  gadgets.
+  using it, and how it differs from File Storage Gadget (or FSG)
+  (which is no longer included in Linux).  It will talk only briefly
+  about how to use MSF within composite gadgets.
 
 * Module parameters
 
@@ -198,16 +198,15 @@
   The Mass Storage Function and thus the Mass Storage Gadget has been
   based on the File Storage Gadget.  The difference between the two is
   that MSG is a composite gadget (ie. uses the composite framework)
-  while file storage gadget is a traditional gadget.  From userspace
+  while file storage gadget was a traditional gadget.  From userspace
   point of view this distinction does not really matter, but from
   kernel hacker's point of view, this means that (i) MSG does not
   duplicate code needed for handling basic USB protocol commands and
   (ii) MSF can be used in any other composite gadget.
 
-  Because of that, File Storage Gadget has been deprecated and
-  scheduled to be removed in Linux 3.8.  All users need to transition
-  to the Mass Storage Gadget by that time.  The two gadgets behave
-  mostly the same from the outside except:
+  Because of that, File Storage Gadget has been removed in Linux 3.8.
+  All users need to transition to the Mass Storage Gadget.  The two
+  gadgets behave mostly the same from the outside except:
 
   1. In FSG the “removable” and “cdrom” module parameters set the flag
      for all logical units whereas in MSG they accept a list of y/n

diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/Kconfig b/drivers/usb/gadget/Kconfig
@@ -721,31 +721,6 @@ config USB_FUNCTIONFS_GENERIC
 	  Include a configuration with the Function Filesystem alone with
 	  no Ethernet interface.
 
-config USB_FILE_STORAGE
-	tristate "File-backed Storage Gadget (DEPRECATED)"
-	depends on BLOCK
-	help
-	  The File-backed Storage Gadget acts as a USB Mass Storage
-	  disk drive.  As its storage repository it can use a regular
-	  file or a block device (in much the same way as the "loop"
-	  device driver), specified as a module parameter.
-
-	  Say "y" to link the driver statically, or "m" to build a
-	  dynamically linked module called "g_file_storage".
-
-	  NOTE: This driver is deprecated.  Its replacement is the
-	  Mass Storage Gadget.
-
-config USB_FILE_STORAGE_TEST
-	bool "File-backed Storage Gadget testing version"
-	depends on USB_FILE_STORAGE
-	default n
-	help
-	  Say "y" to generate the larger testing version of the
-	  File-backed Storage Gadget, useful for probing the
-	  behavior of USB Mass Storage hosts.  Not needed for
-	  normal operation.
-
 config USB_MASS_STORAGE
 	tristate "Mass Storage Gadget"
 	depends on BLOCK
@@ -756,8 +731,8 @@ config USB_MASS_STORAGE
 	  device (in much the same way as the "loop" device driver),
 	  specified as a module parameter or sysfs option.
 
-	  This driver is an updated replacement for the deprecated
-	  File-backed Storage Gadget (g_file_storage).
+	  This driver is a replacement for now removed File-backed
+	  Storage Gadget (g_file_storage).
 
 	  Say "y" to link the driver statically, or "m" to build
 	  a dynamically linked module called "g_mass_storage".

diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/Makefile b/drivers/usb/gadget/Makefile
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ g_ether-y			:= ether.o
 g_serial-y			:= serial.o
 g_midi-y			:= gmidi.o
 gadgetfs-y			:= inode.o
-g_file_storage-y		:= file_storage.o
 g_mass_storage-y		:= mass_storage.o
 g_printer-y			:= printer.o
 g_cdc-y				:= cdc2.o
@@ -62,7 +61,6 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_USB_AUDIO)		+= g_audio.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_USB_ETH)		+= g_ether.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_USB_GADGETFS)	+= gadgetfs.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_USB_FUNCTIONFS)	+= g_ffs.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_USB_FILE_STORAGE)	+= g_file_storage.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_USB_MASS_STORAGE)	+= g_mass_storage.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_USB_G_SERIAL)	+= g_serial.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_USB_G_PRINTER)	+= g_printer.o