Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2018 08:51:17 +0200 From: Joel Dahl <joel@vnode.se> To: Brooks Davis <brooks@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FCP-0101: Deprecating most 10/100 Ethernet drivers Message-ID: <20181004065116.GA3612@ymer.vnode.se> In-Reply-To: <20181003210516.GA71565@spindle.one-eyed-alien.net> References: <20181003210516.GA71565@spindle.one-eyed-alien.net>
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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
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