Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2018 14:49:47 +0200 From: Luciano Mannucci <luciano@vespaperitivo.it> To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FCP-0101: Deprecating most 10/100 Ethernet drivers Message-ID: <42Qt573dbmz1ftWT@baobab.bilink.it> In-Reply-To: <45c44128-85cb-5b4c-3af3-cbdf1560c9be@grosbein.net> References: <20181003210516.GA71565@spindle.one-eyed-alien.net> <45c44128-85cb-5b4c-3af3-cbdf1560c9be@grosbein.net>
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On Thu, 4 Oct 2018 13:03:01 +0700 Eugene Grosbein <eugen@grosbein.net> wrote: > > The current list of drivers that will STAY in the tree is: > > > > dc, ffec, fxpl, hme, le, sis, vr, xl > > "fxpl" should have been "fxp" here, I suppose. > > While I have no objection for general direction, I have doubts about removal > of ste(4) and especially rl(4). These are cheap 100Mbit VERY popular NICs > sold in enourmous values in certain markets by vendors like D-Link and > TP-Link using various trade names. > > Lack of support for such popular 100M cards won't be good for FreeBSD, I > suppose. + 1 I have a lot of them in production systems. It would be a pity that they will never get a 12.x or newer version ever. I can replace few de cards but not everything... Luciano. -- /"\ /Via A. Salaino, 7 - 20144 Milano (Italy) \ / ASCII RIBBON CAMPAIGN / PHONE : +39 2 485781 FAX: +39 2 48578250 X AGAINST HTML MAIL / E-MAIL: posthamster@sublink.sublink.ORG / \ AND POSTINGS / WWW: http://www.lesassaie.IT/
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