Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2018 18:09:10 -0600 From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> To: Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com> Cc: Jakub Lach <jakub_lach@mailplus.pl>, "freebsd-arch@freebsd.org" <freebsd-arch@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FCP-0101: Deprecating most 10/100 Ethernet drivers Message-ID: <CANCZdfrkjr7OVgKRCW8G-2fwQYCnzb4f4GvKpufQHHTWuMDArQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20181004000338.064BC523@spqr.komquats.com> References: <20181004000338.064BC523@spqr.komquats.com>
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Well, we're at 1 maybe 2 now. Only 3 more to go for a reprieve. :) You're running FreeBSD-current on that i386 laptop, right? Warner On Wed, Oct 3, 2018 at 6:01 PM Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com> wrote: > I have a laptop (used for i386 testing) with that NIC. The plan is to move > rl(4) to ports until I no longer need to test i386 on real hardware. > > Will this help? > > --- > Sent using a tiny phone keyboard. > Apologies for any typos and autocorrect. > Also, this old phone only supports top post. Apologies. > > Cy Schubert > <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com> or <cy@freebsd.org> > The need of the many outweighs the greed of the few. > --- > ------------------------------ > From: Warner Losh > Sent: 03/10/2018 16:45 > To: Jakub Lach > Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: FCP-0101: Deprecating most 10/100 Ethernet drivers > > Do you have any machines running FreeBSD 12.0 with this interface? The > requirement is that we have at least 5 real users of the interface on > FreeBSD 12. > > Many of the P III era PCs aren't beefy enough to run FreeBSD very well > (specifically, they typically lack adequate memory). > > QEMU also emulates newer NICs, so you wouldn't be left w/o a solution. The > NE-2000 is still supported, as well E1000 (em/igb) interfaces. > > Warner > > On Wed, Oct 3, 2018 at 5:36 PM Jakub Lach <jakub_lach@mailplus.pl> wrote: > > > I request to keep rl(4) as it's the standard ethernet card in PIII era > PCs. > > Moreover, it's emulated by QEMU too. > > > > > > > > -- > > Sent from: > http://freebsd.1045724.x6.nabble.com/freebsd-arch-f4152488.html > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-arch@freebsd.org mailing list > > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-arch > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-arch-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-arch@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-arch > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-arch-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >
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