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Date:      Fri, 5 Oct 2018 09:19:02 -0600
From:      Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>
To:        Andrew Turner <andrew@fubar.geek.nz>
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:  <CANCZdfqvC8NPro3giiq6X0HnGrUj4RsTn9HNVmocwmq1Q405Zw@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <F435BFDC-4732-4EFD-850C-1579346DF168@fubar.geek.nz>
References:  <20181003210516.GA71565@spindle.one-eyed-alien.net> <F435BFDC-4732-4EFD-850C-1579346DF168@fubar.geek.nz>

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On Fri, Oct 5, 2018 at 9:05 AM Andrew Turner <andrew@fubar.geek.nz> wrote:

>
> > On 3 Oct 2018, at 22:05, Brooks Davis <brooks@freebsd.org> wrote:
> >
> >>>> Please direct replies to freebsd-arch <<<
> >
> > FCP-01010 (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=E2=80=99ve seen it in =
the
> Foundation and Architecture Envelope Models. I assume it=E2=80=99s also i=
n the
> other models, but don=E2=80=99t 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?

Warner



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