From owner-freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Tue Oct 23 21:55:58 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@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 3D103FFE6E6; Tue, 23 Oct 2018 21:55:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhs@berklix.com) Received: from land.berklix.org (land.berklix.org [144.76.10.75]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "land.berklix.org", Issuer "land.berklix.org" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BD755727CC; Tue, 23 Oct 2018 21:55:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhs@berklix.com) Received: from mart.js.berklix.net (p2E52CCDC.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [46.82.204.220]) (authenticated bits=0) by land.berklix.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTPSA id w9NLtpBd035703 (version=TLSv1 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 23 Oct 2018 21:55:56 GMT (envelope-from jhs@berklix.com) Received: from fire.js.berklix.net (fire.js.berklix.net [192.168.91.41]) by mart.js.berklix.net (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id w9NLtkOJ036954; Tue, 23 Oct 2018 23:55:46 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from jhs@berklix.com) Received: from fire.js.berklix.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fire.js.berklix.net (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id w9NLtM4Y080783; Tue, 23 Oct 2018 23:55:40 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from jhs@berklix.com) Message-Id: <201810232155.w9NLtM4Y080783@fire.js.berklix.net> To: Doug Hardie cc: Brooks Davis , freebsd-net@freebsd.org, freebsd-fcp@freebsd.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FCP-0101: Deprecating most 10/100 Ethernet drivers From: "Julian H. Stacey" Organization: http://berklix.eu BSD Unix Linux Consultants, Munich Germany User-agent: EXMH on FreeBSD http://berklix.eu/free/ X-From: http://www.berklix.eu/~jhs/ In-reply-to: Your message "Thu, 04 Oct 2018 12:54:28 -0700." <15FCEA6B-C017-40C5-8193-8C7AA3F563CC@mail.sermon-archive.info> Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2018 23:55:22 +0200 X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2018 21:55:58 -0000 Doug Hardie wrote: > I have a number of production servers that only have bge and I don't see that listed in either category. None of them are running FreeBSD 12 yet as it has not been released. Also there are some with rl. Those are add-on boards so they could be changed, but would require extensive effort as the machines are about a 4 hour drive from here and would require reconfiguration (an error prone process when you are tired). bge is also used by my main laptop with current Oct 15 18:33 /boot/kernel/kernel bge0: flags=8843 metric 0 mtu 1500 options=c019b media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseT ) Doug, I think bge must be safe as man 4 bge: "bge - Broadcom BCM57xx/BCM590x Gigabit/Fast Ethernet driver" & Brooks proposal was ... "a plan to deprecate most 10/100 Ethernet drivers" Cheers, Julian -- Julian Stacey, Computer Consultant, Systems Engineer, BSD Linux Unix, Munich. Brexit referendum stole 3,700,000 Brits votes abroad, inc. 700,000 in EU. Campaign lies, criminal funding, economy & pound down. Time for an honest ref. http://exitbrexit.uk https://www.peoples-vote.uk/petition https://eci.ec.europa.eu/002/public/#/initiative