Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2014 21:52:49 +0100 From: Remko Lodder <remko@FreeBSD.org> To: Tim Daneliuk <tundra@tundraware.com> Cc: stable@freebsd.org, current@freebsd.org, Christian Brueffer <brueffer@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: RFC: deprecation of nve(4) in 10-STABLE and removal from 11-CURRENT Message-ID: <A4494871-6A8A-4D59-8D36-115890B301B3@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <52EFA674.8000106@tundraware.com> References: <52EFA015.5070601@FreeBSD.org> <52EFA674.8000106@tundraware.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On 03 Feb 2014, at 15:23, Tim Daneliuk <tundra@tundraware.com> wrote: > On 02/03/2014 07:56 AM, Christian Brueffer wrote: >> Hi, >> >> for some time now we have had two drivers for NVIDIA NForce/MCP network >> chips, namely nve(4) and nfe(4). >> >> The former came first and is based on a binary blob. The latter was >> later ported from OpenBSD and is blob-free. >> >> nfe(4) supports all chips nve(4) supports, in addition to all the newer >> hardware. In essence, nfe(4) has been the de-facto standard driver for >> a long time. nve(4) has been commented out in GENERIC since 2007. >> >> For this reason I propose deprecating nve(4) in 10-STABLE and removing >> it from HEAD. >> >> Does anyone see a reason not to do this? >> >> Cheers, >> >> Christian (wearing my best asbestos suit) >> > > > If you're going to be so very polite about it, how do you > expect us to have a 2000 email chain fight examining > every possible implication of your proposal ... :) in other words, just do it [tm]. > > > -- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Tim Daneliuk tundra@tundraware.com > PGP Key: http://www.tundraware.com/PGP/ > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- /"\ Best regards, | remko@FreeBSD.org \ / Remko Lodder | remko@EFnet X http://www.evilcoder.org/ | / \ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | Against HTML Mail and News [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: GPGTools - http://gpgtools.org iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJS8AGhAAoJEKjD27JZ84ywzP4P/1BzzAZavF+dTVlwlltHf8BW DrK6Mejp2U5rQxuMeDyAsHrI0u97nOOpmVkc83ujoCFtY5Zdrn5/aqBw/xefFmsd A/GwjewafBeS7gjLy4U2Sc7espT/wzeLah+ZTD+sTnlR3wdG3aNsWAB022ywVLXl IO54VFfXg4kHeEC6htaUPpT+NmL4ZOD3OEmtFxVZJHa9Kipmz8Q4wrlKFYogDvSG wOJ4U+aufM0sbVncKtrqFAmFBntbi2PvB24be2iM/2aigQp+LO82/2k/MnT6J0cy IAY7sN+9blidhM4fs5xATbOUJv6M1p6qJokYJYpizar7JUJw0k5oMbDKSZExjHlU RV2+rR0xPvUaSaCmN/ugtEmtzIYOQO7jBlT9b46nagJmBcZnkXy2N3T1YpFETQSP QbNr5Qeq/r1O4TDZ+PRDeEEQH08PekCtL+HZZC+TVDW3k3FcjFCzVPFv9glP6HUB IfX3dGtjFWV3skajBhB0tKu0coOJrc2s1uXCAiXP6Xv9q0MmrrVLiAkv19ZZ6jYk lhnLK4ULbD3ZUGOrI7fF5qrR1jcvFOQnlYI0uwCXWY6aprjZKWwQWhCtVcZAdriW fayKco64shFMfNdi8r8UfJXVG8mSLFeudeSMVQoXQgx/IPcqyM7vS7sAlxEgsVLN YNo5hk/+/DKced3BtRjg =r8VW -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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