Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2017 15:38:41 +0200 From: Hartmut Brandt <hartmut.brandt@dlr.de> To: <freebsd-net@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Impending NATM removal Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1704071534470.72511@KNOP-BEAGLE.kn.op.dlr.de> In-Reply-To: <efa21bbe-1a87-6cf4-13e7-604df3da1d21@zoho.com> References: <20170406235747.GA8756@spindle.one-eyed-alien.net> <efa21bbe-1a87-6cf4-13e7-604df3da1d21@zoho.com>
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On Fri, 7 Apr 2017, ?ukasz W?jcik wrote: ?W>they're not the only ones. Just my 5cents. The other thing is that ATM/NATM ?W>infrastructure in FreeBSD seems to never have been ?W> ?W>finished. That's true. ITU-T used to produce poor-quality ATM standards at a much higher rate than anybody could follow and the ATM-Forum at one point decided just to copy the ITU-T stuff :-(. Then I changed work and had almost zero involvment with ATM anymore... I would guess that keeping ATM alive in 11-stable (and updating drivers if necessary) would be the best way to go. harti ?W> ?W> ?W>On 07-Apr-17 01:57, Brooks Davis wrote: ?W>> As previously threatened, I plan to remove NATM support next week. This ?W>> includes the drivers en(4), fatm(4), hatm(4), and patm(4). None of ?W>> these devices have been manufactured in the last 20 years so it is time ?W>> to move on. ?W>> ?W>> The planned commit can be seen at https://reviews.freebsd.org/D9883 ?W>> ?W>> -- Brooks ?W> ?W> ?W>_______________________________________________ ?W>freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list ?W>https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net ?W>To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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