Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2009 10:22:23 -0700 From: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> To: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> Cc: current@FreeBSD.org, net@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: HEADS UP: if_ar, if_sr, *old* USB stack network driver users Message-ID: <49BD394F.8060002@elischer.org> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0903151552341.92013@fledge.watson.org> References: <20080526110543.J26343@fledge.watson.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0902161233440.5806@fledge.watson.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0903151002310.92013@fledge.watson.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0903151426510.92013@fledge.watson.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0903151552341.92013@fledge.watson.org>
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Robert Watson wrote: > > On Sun, 15 Mar 2009, Robert Watson wrote: > >>>> 16 February 2009 HEADS UP to lists (this e-mail) >>>> 01 March 2009 Disable build of all IFF_NEEDSGIANT drivers in 8.x >>> >>> Slightly delayed while USB NDIS was sorted out, I will be moving >>> ahead with disabling the build of all IFF_NEEDSGIANT drivers in HEAD >>> later today. >> >> This patch is now committed; while I've done build testing (etc) >> there's always a chance of problems -- please drop me an e-mail if I >> missed something. > > Just to be clear -- if you are a user of: > > if_ar > if_sr these are drivers for synch io cards. they have netgraph interfaces as well as 'old style' interfaces. I think John Hay was the last person seen with these cards. > > Or one of the USB network interface drivers from the old USB stack (not > the new USB2 stack), then you will now find your device drivers are not > part of the build. USB users should use the new USB stack if they need > network interface drivers; if_ar and if_sr drivers will need to modify > the device drivers to be MPSAFE and then submit patches. > > Robert N M Watson > Computer Laboratory > University of Cambridge > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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