Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2020 17:37:38 -0700 From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> To: Brooks Davis <brooks@freebsd.org> Cc: "freebsd-arch@freebsd.org" <freebsd-arch@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD Net <freebsd-net@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: RFC: removing ndis(4) Message-ID: <CANCZdfoZp9jYP7OZQM1qTD0MEQ%2BcLefrSA-mNuU5ukteo_Unxw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20201203001247.GF18452@spindle.one-eyed-alien.net> References: <20201203001247.GF18452@spindle.one-eyed-alien.net>
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On Wed, Dec 2, 2020 at 5:13 PM Brooks Davis <brooks@freebsd.org> wrote: > I'd like to propose that we remove the ndis(4) driver prior to FreeBSD > 13. It was a clever idea in the early 2000's when the market was > flooded with 10/100 NICs with Windows-only drivers, but that hasn't been > the case for ages and the driver has had no meaningful maintenance in > ages[0]. I'd be a bit surprised if it worked at all today (it surely > won't work with modern Windows drivers). > > To try to examine the popularity of ndis, I checked dmesgd.nycbug.org > and there are 5 total entries with the most recent being 2007. > > The PC Card attachments are currently marked for deletion prior to > FreeBSD 13. > > Unless there is surprising outcry I plan to add (and MFC) deprecation > notices in about a week's time and remove the driver shortly thereafter. > > -- Brooks > > [0] I noticed today that part of the ndis 802.11 ioctl handler has been > broken since 2005. > Like PC Card, it's time to bid this old friend farewell... Warner
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