Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2018 16:21:00 +0100 From: Andrew Turner <andrew@fubar.geek.nz> To: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: Brooks Davis <brooks@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD Net <freebsd-net@freebsd.org>, freebsd-fcp@freebsd.org, FreeBSD-STABLE Mailing List <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>, "freebsd-arch@freebsd.org" <freebsd-arch@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FCP-0101: Deprecating most 10/100 Ethernet drivers Message-ID: <D38573E4-BCEF-439C-945C-1D2A83F63C22@fubar.geek.nz> In-Reply-To: <CANCZdfqvC8NPro3giiq6X0HnGrUj4RsTn9HNVmocwmq1Q405Zw@mail.gmail.com> References: <20181003210516.GA71565@spindle.one-eyed-alien.net> <F435BFDC-4732-4EFD-850C-1579346DF168@fubar.geek.nz> <CANCZdfqvC8NPro3giiq6X0HnGrUj4RsTn9HNVmocwmq1Q405Zw@mail.gmail.com>
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> On 5 Oct 2018, at 16:19, Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> wrote: > > > > On Fri, Oct 5, 2018 at 9:05 AM Andrew Turner <andrew@fubar.geek.nz <mailto:andrew@fubar.geek.nz>> wrote: > > > On 3 Oct 2018, at 22:05, Brooks Davis <brooks@freebsd.org <mailto:brooks@freebsd.org>> wrote: > > > >>>> Please direct replies to freebsd-arch <<< > > > > FCP-01010 (https://github.com/freebsd/fcp/blob/master/fcp-0101.md <https://github.com/freebsd/fcp/blob/master/fcp-0101.md>) > > outlines a plan to deprecate most 10/100 Ethernet drivers in FreeBSD 12 > > and remove them in FreeBSD 13 to reduce the burden of maintaining and > > improving the network stack. We have discussed this within the > > core team and intend to move forward as proposed. We are solictiting > > feedback on the list of drivers to be excepted from removal. > > > > The current list of drivers slated for REMOVAL is: > > > > ae, bfe, bm, cs, dme, ed, ep, ex, fe, pcn, rl, sf, smc, sn, > > ste, tl, tx, txp, vx, wb, xe > > smc is found in the Arm models (simulators) [1]. I’ve seen it in the Foundation and Architecture Envelope Models. I assume it’s also in the other models, but don’t have a license for them to check. > > Do we currently support those simulators? I see it is in the VERSATILEPB simulator that QEMU provides. Does that still work? Yes, I boot FreeBSD/arm64 on them in a local Jenkins instance. Andrew
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