From owner-svn-src-head@freebsd.org  Wed May 23 18:08:43 2018
Return-Path: <owner-svn-src-head@freebsd.org>
Delivered-To: svn-src-head@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1])
 by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1FEDAEAB11A;
 Wed, 23 May 2018 18:08:43 +0000 (UTC)
 (envelope-from linimon@lonesome.com)
Received: from mail.soaustin.net (mail.soaustin.net [192.108.105.60])
 (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits))
 (Client CN "mail.soaustin.net",
 Issuer "Let's Encrypt Authority X3" (verified OK))
 by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B92F076C5D;
 Wed, 23 May 2018 18:08:42 +0000 (UTC)
 (envelope-from linimon@lonesome.com)
Received: from lonesome.com (bones.soaustin.net [192.108.105.22])
 by mail.soaustin.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 95A4AB89;
 Wed, 23 May 2018 13:08:41 -0500 (CDT)
Date: Wed, 23 May 2018 13:08:40 -0500
From: Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com>
To: Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@FreeBSD.org>
Cc: Sean Bruno <sbruno@FreeBSD.org>, svn-src-head@freebsd.org,
 svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: svn commit: r333388 - in head: . share/man/man4 sys/conf
 sys/dev/nxge sys/modules sys/modules/nxge tools/kerneldoc/subsys tools/tools
 tools/tools/nxge usr.sbin/bsdconfig/share
Message-ID: <20180523180840.GA27444@lonesome.com>
References: <201805082114.w48LETM3060105@repo.freebsd.org>
 <20180523174117.GO71675@FreeBSD.org>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Disposition: inline
In-Reply-To: <20180523174117.GO71675@FreeBSD.org>
User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12)
X-BeenThere: svn-src-head@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26
Precedence: list
List-Id: SVN commit messages for the src tree for head/-current
 <svn-src-head.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/options/svn-src-head>,
 <mailto:svn-src-head-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/svn-src-head/>
List-Post: <mailto:svn-src-head@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:svn-src-head-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-head>,
 <mailto:svn-src-head-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 23 May 2018 18:08:43 -0000

On Wed, May 23, 2018 at 10:41:17AM -0700, Gleb Smirnoff wrote:
> If end of sales and support is enough to remove 10g driver from the kernel,
> can we please delete all 10Mbit, 100Mbit 10+ year old drivers from the kernel?

Depends on how many existing users we want to screw over.  Not everyone
replaces all their hardware every 2 years, folks.

The difference is that the Exar chips failed in the marketplace; very
few seem to have made it out into the wild.

Given, 10Mbit-only things are way past their sell-by date.

mcl