Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2018 11:45:26 +0200 From: "Philip Paeps" <philip@trouble.is> To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FCP-0101: Deprecating most 10/100 Ethernet drivers Message-ID: <6DAC6D29-EBA7-439F-B18A-A982CD0118DA@trouble.is> In-Reply-To: <20181003210516.GA71565@spindle.one-eyed-alien.net> References: <20181003210516.GA71565@spindle.one-eyed-alien.net>
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On 2018-10-03 23:05:16 (+0200), 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 > > The current list of drivers that will STAY in the tree is: > > dc, ffec, fxpl, hme, le, sis, vr, xl ae is still popular in many cheap Asian laptops (Asus, Acer, etc). rl is still popular in many cheap PCI adapters. I've not encountered any of the others in a very long time. Philip -- Philip Paeps Senior Reality Engineer Ministry of Information
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