From owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Tue Apr 24 15:27:25 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@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 45354FA9106; Tue, 24 Apr 2018 15:27:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from emaste@freebsd.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [96.47.72.132]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "freefall.freebsd.org", Issuer "Let's Encrypt Authority X3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E38DC7F9A3; Tue, 24 Apr 2018 15:27:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from emaste@freebsd.org) Received: by freefall.freebsd.org (Postfix, from userid 1079) id DAC4613325; Tue, 24 Apr 2018 15:27:24 +0000 (UTC) Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2018 15:27:24 +0000 From: Ed Maste To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Deprecating the lmc(4) driver Message-ID: <20180424152724.GA30980@freebsd.org> Mail-Followup-To: Ed Maste , freebsd-current@freebsd.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.9.2 (2017-12-15) X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2018 15:27:25 -0000 The lmc(4) driver supports hardware for a number of legacy interfaces, including EIA612/613, T1/E1, T3, etc. The driver's license is ambiguous and attempts to contact the author failed. I would like to remove this driver from 12.0, and have a deprecation notice in review D15182 [1]; I would appreciate hearing from anyone who is currently using lmc(4) in case it is still providing some value. [1] https://reviews.freebsd.org/D15182