From owner-freebsd-net@freebsd.org Fri Feb 1 09:20:51 2019 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C7E5614C543A; Fri, 1 Feb 2019 09:20:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from joel@vnode.se) Received: from oden.vnode.se (oden.vnode.se [IPv6:2001:19f0:6c01:6b7:5400:1ff:fe33:16b1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "oden.vnode.se", Issuer "Let's Encrypt Authority X3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 25D0B8368E; Fri, 1 Feb 2019 09:20:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from joel@vnode.se) Received: from ymer.vnode.se (62-20-154-136-no280.tbcn.telia.com [62.20.154.136]) by oden.vnode.se (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 041781F414; Fri, 1 Feb 2019 10:20:48 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=vnode.se; s=mail; t=1549012849; bh=93tutp//u6+vPNof/WNFrADowFhXhRryapl8Kvtq+hA=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To; b=PASCYPRzfpcX0qVIHqrG+75PAh6nlxkto3HRcjghDs8ggjGkZwq/8C8/J/2eG7MEU p0ixG9RYGfQUTqBctcfXD2tEpZOaLSYc8yFAaw6x6auK9mUAllIG4aEzM5YiIVUBDi 6RcucWN1GChQiB7bncFy1wHFDvN9RcFpQ66ZtFLs= Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2019 10:20:48 +0100 From: Joel Dahl To: Brooks Davis Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Reminder: FCP-101: pending removal of some 10/100 Ethernet drivers Message-ID: <20190201092048.GA23409@ymer.vnode.se> Mail-Followup-To: Brooks Davis , freebsd-net@freebsd.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org References: <20190131234344.GC3654@spindle.one-eyed-alien.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20190131234344.GC3654@spindle.one-eyed-alien.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2019 09:20:52 -0000 On Thu, Jan 31, 2019 at 11:43:44PM +0000, Brooks Davis wrote: > We are currently planning to remove the following less-popular 10/100 > Ethernet drivers in the March/April timeframe: > > ae, bm, cs, de, dme, ed, ep, ex, fe, pcn, sf, sn, tl, tx, txp, vx, wb, xe > > All of these drivers generate warnings in FreeBSD 12 and to the best of > my knowledge, none have cleared the bar specified in the FCP[0]: > > https://github.com/freebsd/fcp/blob/master/fcp-0101.md Hi, The above document states that the support lifetime for FreeBSD 12 is 2023. The expected EOL (but not decided) for 12 is June 30, 2020 however, according to https://www.freebsd.org/security/security.html#sup So, hardware in some of my machines will only be supported until sometime next year. -- Joel