of questionable value. In particular, qlge_dbg.c has hundreds of lines of
   code bitrotting away in ifdef land (doesn't compile since commit
   18c49b91777c ("qlge: do vlan cleanup", v3.1-rc1), 8 years ago).
-* triggering an ethtool regdump will hexdump a 176k struct to dmesg depending
-  on some module parameters.
 * the flow control implementation in firmware is buggy (sends a flood of pause
   frames, resets the link, device and driver buffer queues become
   desynchronized), disable it by default
 
        u32 port_init;
        u32 link_status;
        struct qlge_mpi_coredump *mpi_coredump;
-       u32 core_is_dumped;
        u32 link_config;
        u32 led_config;
        u32 max_frame_size;
        struct delayed_work mpi_work;
        struct delayed_work mpi_port_cfg_work;
        struct delayed_work mpi_idc_work;
-       struct delayed_work mpi_core_to_log;
        struct completion ide_completion;
        const struct nic_operations *nic_ops;
        u16 device_id;
 void qlge_queue_fw_error(struct qlge_adapter *qdev);
 void qlge_mpi_work(struct work_struct *work);
 void qlge_mpi_reset_work(struct work_struct *work);
-void qlge_mpi_core_to_log(struct work_struct *work);
 int qlge_wait_reg_rdy(struct qlge_adapter *qdev, u32 reg, u32 bit, u32 ebit);
 void qlge_queue_asic_error(struct qlge_adapter *qdev);
 void qlge_set_ethtool_ops(struct net_device *ndev);
 
        }
 }
 
-/* Coredump to messages log file using separate worker thread */
-void qlge_mpi_core_to_log(struct work_struct *work)
-{
-       struct qlge_adapter *qdev =
-               container_of(work, struct qlge_adapter, mpi_core_to_log.work);
-
-       print_hex_dump(KERN_DEBUG, "Core is dumping to log file!\n",
-                      DUMP_PREFIX_OFFSET, 32, 4, qdev->mpi_coredump,
-                      sizeof(*qdev->mpi_coredump), false);
-}
-
 #ifdef QL_REG_DUMP
 static void qlge_dump_intr_states(struct qlge_adapter *qdev)
 {
 
        struct qlge_adapter *qdev = netdev_to_qdev(ndev);
 
        qlge_get_dump(qdev, p);
-       qdev->core_is_dumped = 0;
        if (!test_bit(QL_FRC_COREDUMP, &qdev->flags))
                regs->len = sizeof(struct qlge_mpi_coredump);
        else
 
        cancel_delayed_work_sync(&qdev->mpi_reset_work);
        cancel_delayed_work_sync(&qdev->mpi_work);
        cancel_delayed_work_sync(&qdev->mpi_idc_work);
-       cancel_delayed_work_sync(&qdev->mpi_core_to_log);
        cancel_delayed_work_sync(&qdev->mpi_port_cfg_work);
 }
 
        INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&qdev->mpi_work, qlge_mpi_work);
        INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&qdev->mpi_port_cfg_work, qlge_mpi_port_cfg_work);
        INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&qdev->mpi_idc_work, qlge_mpi_idc_work);
-       INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&qdev->mpi_core_to_log, qlge_mpi_core_to_log);
        init_completion(&qdev->ide_completion);
        mutex_init(&qdev->mpi_mutex);
 
 
                return;
        }
 
-       if (qdev->mpi_coredump && !qlge_core_dump(qdev, qdev->mpi_coredump)) {
-               netif_err(qdev, drv, qdev->ndev, "Core is dumped!\n");
-               qdev->core_is_dumped = 1;
-               queue_delayed_work(qdev->workqueue,
-                                  &qdev->mpi_core_to_log, 5 * HZ);
-       }
        qlge_soft_reset_mpi_risc(qdev);
 }