Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2020 00:12:47 +0000 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: RFC: removing ndis(4) Message-ID: <20201203001247.GF18452@spindle.one-eyed-alien.net>
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--ryJZkp9/svQ58syV Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline I'd like to propose that we remove the ndis(4) driver prior to FreeBSD 13. It was a clever idea in the early 2000's when the market was flooded with 10/100 NICs with Windows-only drivers, but that hasn't been the case for ages and the driver has had no meaningful maintenance in ages[0]. I'd be a bit surprised if it worked at all today (it surely won't work with modern Windows drivers). To try to examine the popularity of ndis, I checked dmesgd.nycbug.org and there are 5 total entries with the most recent being 2007. The PC Card attachments are currently marked for deletion prior to FreeBSD 13. Unless there is surprising outcry I plan to add (and MFC) deprecation notices in about a week's time and remove the driver shortly thereafter. -- Brooks [0] I noticed today that part of the ndis 802.11 ioctl handler has been broken since 2005. --ryJZkp9/svQ58syV Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJfyC1/AAoJEKzQXbSebgfA8xIIAJcvSo+YmK7qOgEr0gUWsdh1 tTf650lYb6EPgtTK/vcfYdsMfk2f/qRZh6EDN/Ydx2g9tLws1BCMoJa6Ak7riPmt 8Ycb4h8+0LUZFy8LX1OiAoevY1R0OJOnDZS699X2VKSVrlylwkoSCXeXdNHfnqew za7fq7lhI+B8I5EEpP+jRIDheH/DBoeieMy7/mff/LdGxoK4kiMMF1F9ia1KeQ3j 4d/mcVi7IzJcq0kl2qHA8+ac0vS0iDFOmVmj7gaJpjUzkyPa6gvGNUC4cQqwfMaW W7vgkL6blDOVk49BycfbEuA75IIEumCh/jirWqdf26XWEdkCIA4TDaNvFgv84IQ= =K8jL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ryJZkp9/svQ58syV--
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