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From: Joel Dahl <joel@vnode.se>
To: Brooks Davis <brooks@freebsd.org>
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Subject: Re: FCP-0101: Deprecating most 10/100 Ethernet drivers
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On Wed, Oct 03, 2018 at 09:05:16PM +0000, Brooks Davis wrote:
> >>> Please direct replies to freebsd-arch <<<
> 
> FCP-01010 (https://github.com/freebsd/fcp/blob/master/fcp-0101.md)
> outlines a plan to deprecate most 10/100 Ethernet drivers in FreeBSD 12
> and remove them in FreeBSD 13 to reduce the burden of maintaining and
> improving the network stack.  We have discussed this within the
> core team and intend to move forward as proposed.  We are solictiting
> feedback on the list of drivers to be excepted from removal.
> 
> The current list of drivers slated for REMOVAL is:
> 
> ae, bfe, bm, cs, dme, ed, ep, ex, fe, pcn, rl, sf, smc, sn,
> ste, tl, tx, txp, vx, wb, xe

I have several of these nics, some used in machines running FreeBSD 10 or 11
and a few just laying around as spare. Please keep the following drivers:

ae
bfe
ed
pcn
rl
vx

Most machines will be upgraded to 12+ in the future.

(I actually have 9 machines with rl nics so I think they are quite common
still)...

-- 
Joel