From owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Mon Mar 26 23:13:16 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9BBCEF508C3 for ; Mon, 26 Mar 2018 23:13:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kevin.bowling@kev009.com) Received: from mail-io0-x235.google.com (mail-io0-x235.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c06::235]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3364A7BC36 for ; Mon, 26 Mar 2018 23:13:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kevin.bowling@kev009.com) Received: by mail-io0-x235.google.com with SMTP id q80so14370214ioi.13 for ; Mon, 26 Mar 2018 16:13:16 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=kev009.com; s=google; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=PchUdhr2BgHgQq220sY6PoGdBH7SH5COQ3Ogi+xthc4=; b=tNm3q4w0rHzNjzM5pZIBMEP8+UQYGK7/nD733AVVOZjeOD9EzbfE0UarPSkFT6blOG XaAa1QWMePiDyGGBfWKTmOkd0kyb7TtpMQ0+2LraDtiXzvtCOhPjdiL2eXJyJb5wKT7h CNij1HHX3HSSU+Mk3PssL8Q0stK5HF+NY2pdw= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=PchUdhr2BgHgQq220sY6PoGdBH7SH5COQ3Ogi+xthc4=; b=UeDwjVzb/i0ccmKaF/Q9B/eMpBvlBVP/1vmF/LET46AakPljf7N6xaB0+0u7UfQNOB 9KlBUT+ktu3ge2umkg/bDt+sIxRAIZUzZFInrWFVpNpBka6g0prk8ej3fSn22r83pl3i BfO3NvCQqtLo+/HweftO0RtQ6QVRYFJqE34WcwqI1hCWupkkekaTFBZeOC/ikjJAIn0B 1Om2w7FKAQkTI34Ar4TcUJOzbny1HNr++cXuHAs67hhrFcQ6RE9snrVk45FTqpVGUm2w AHIjA0+rBLw5P5MzpVJrgtM0aaGjqgdzDL+5FyhVWvSdWVPzmVES3+KNi+BolrmfL+tP 8EPg== X-Gm-Message-State: AElRT7Eob1Gvuai9NWx+phkHZbErILdCa5Jdg73nDkEGKD9lDH4rcDDm QwoAe+xpGazFg90eqLEI/a2m0X89Ae8CHuXV+bHMbkQl X-Google-Smtp-Source: AG47ELu6mZOG5/0uqMFJ7hy/CTEQljY9zMcDTX5p1RpnRv2EVtTrn7uRMj4j2JK38jQ52ZurAfl3HRMwP1q2A6NbVx0= X-Received: by 10.107.139.70 with SMTP id n67mr41538613iod.109.1522105995580; Mon, 26 Mar 2018 16:13:15 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20180325184032.GA42437@spindle.one-eyed-alien.net> <201803252009.w2PK9Rjk043533@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net> <20180326222942.GB42437@spindle.one-eyed-alien.net> In-Reply-To: <20180326222942.GB42437@spindle.one-eyed-alien.net> From: Kevin Bowling Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2018 23:13:04 +0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Calling nxge(4) users To: Brooks Davis Cc: "Rodney W. Grimes" , freebsd-net@freebsd.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.25 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2018 23:13:17 -0000 Agreed. Please cull the =E2=80=98ixgb=E2=80=99 driver for similar reasons On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 4:05 PM Brooks Davis wrote: > On Sun, Mar 25, 2018 at 01:09:27PM -0700, Rodney W. Grimes wrote: > > > The nxge(4) driver for the Neterion Xframe-I and Xframe-II 10GbE > > > adapters has obvious bugs (by inspection) and it doesn't appear the > > > company exists any more. We'd like to see if there are any significa= nt > > > users of this device and plan to remove it from FreeBSD-12 if not. > > > > > > -- Brooks > > > > Neterion has been acquired by exar. > > https://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=3D1173009 > > > > They have the datasheet for the Xframe-I here: > > https://www.exar.com/ds/xframedatasheet.pdf > > > > The cards appear to be readily avaliable on ebay. > > Given that most of these cards appear to have been PCI-X and the product > failed in the market, I'm not finding that compelling. One could buy > a Chelsio or Intel card for a similar price and have a supported driver. > > Unless someone has a significant deployment of these cards that will run > past the EOL of FreeBSD 11 (2021) this driver is a net negative. > > -- Brooks >