Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2017 01:56:37 -0700 From: Kevin Bowling <kevin.bowling@kev009.com> To: FreeBSD Net <freebsd-net@freebsd.org> Subject: Remove 'ixgb' from HEAD Message-ID: <CAK7dMtD3WsTLTG2Gb%2BNae0C4s-D09AU6sZ7Zu%2BKKP3RLXgRGDQ@mail.gmail.com>
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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
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