From owner-freebsd-net@freebsd.org Thu Dec 28 08:56:39 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50FB4E817AC for ; Thu, 28 Dec 2017 08:56:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kevin.bowling@kev009.com) Received: from mail-it0-x232.google.com (mail-it0-x232.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c0b::232]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2231B7238C for ; Thu, 28 Dec 2017 08:56:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kevin.bowling@kev009.com) Received: by mail-it0-x232.google.com with SMTP id r6so28051027itr.3 for ; Thu, 28 Dec 2017 00:56:39 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=kev009.com; s=google; h=mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=ExWgBBM3H/YmrcGF/dgHhIU2oC9PjLp2W0/CwBEDCKM=; b=couX4H9559ISWf1GFLqz4J/L5daK2k27lebLyU6lAfkSZXq+t2gtKBRskLDbhwAjRM YaPHZvWCpd8UPGe7PW8c71zxLaa9zYi1QNUvtxf2MLEBa7keOLj7D2D4wxeG9TlY4sdl 6JdkPhFAXhjyIhouCXTjT8fjWly/fG1P5y10k= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=ExWgBBM3H/YmrcGF/dgHhIU2oC9PjLp2W0/CwBEDCKM=; b=ksoInFiLB450sFD87TQ16t+Tok303jN+QwqaVfSzyUJG+3Kjv2XbNtujtRpZ45ioYz e9pxyydSJSUiVp2FL6bMeVy5ThdkfVELnxrrSPY0qOFSoTmseIyQoGMzKA254uijFR4o PfFwBFNv/3lXlqU8UBXdHvqrihbJuD+j7ZwzT9vkfxXlXIhBakNAW5KHzpDF33/7r9RM bDuSjTdbFtUf+9LJ3O6OOfPwa1IatCm3qGJ9JA3SUovVI6zUvMaIE3GCgz/E1ZRTnJbw kLugID79hGan4nuMrBFlpaXO+5Rhl52ZUdBfvz72pbd2SNg7rM8YgEWdcPQ/vWGFaIvM oKMQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AKGB3mKxc6wyYKLbh0nEIwMl8UIrjmM6KzVVe9K/cfu8/MqNJiIFKDOX WVcbSrTAWMTTBYPq6BJd8Rlxk+BRnIexv4MllOxGH+K5 X-Google-Smtp-Source: ACJfBotrSR7Z9BVM45DZdxz7ad++Ka63HL7LQOKhmfKUr0hn/JU+rtypN4ELOw5uk5YPdnk/llvwWPaWKqAw1oFUTBU= X-Received: by 10.36.50.11 with SMTP id j11mr41781994ita.153.1514451398116; Thu, 28 Dec 2017 00:56:38 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.2.57.13 with HTTP; Thu, 28 Dec 2017 00:56:37 -0800 (PST) From: Kevin Bowling Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2017 01:56:37 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Remove 'ixgb' from HEAD To: FreeBSD Net Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2017 08:56:39 -0000 The ixgb driver was used only briefly by one sub family of devices in the first half of the 2000s. It's not a power efficient card with a massive on board xenpak. The driver saw little specific (not API/treewide stuff) maintenance post FreeBSD 5 in which the last real intentional commit directly on the driver was by someone admitting they didn't have a card but spotting a bunch of errors in the driver. It's unlikely the driver is suitable for commercial use as it stands, and I wouldn't trust it in a home server. If someone actually uses ixgb and sends me one I will flatten it into iflib ixgbe. You can get one for $250 here :o) https://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-PRO-10GbE-SR-PCI-X-PXLA8591SR-Server-Adapter-/110895948350 Otherwise I propose it be removed in HEAD, which gives a generous deorbiting period of September 30, 2021 in stable/11. Regards, Kevin