Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2013 11:56:58 -0400 From: Boris Kochergin <spawk@acm.poly.edu> Cc: FreeBSD current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, "freebsd-stable@freebsd.org" <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why are cardbus drivers cbb(4) and pccard(4) still included in GENERIC? Message-ID: <521F6F4A.2080107@acm.poly.edu> In-Reply-To: <92E50FD0-1A1D-4CD2-AB73-11D1F189D12D@bsdimp.com> References: <CA%2B7WWSfpWS4LJ7a4LgY6j3Uo_=CoF8xkRccrUQtM5WaVkyaUAA@mail.gmail.com> <92E50FD0-1A1D-4CD2-AB73-11D1F189D12D@bsdimp.com>
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On 08/29/13 11:52, Warner Losh wrote: > On Aug 29, 2013, at 3:15 AM, Kimmo Paasiala wrote: > >> In reference to this FreeBSD forums post: >> >> http://forums.freebsd.org/showpost.php?p=231135&postcount=4 >> >> Would it be a good time to remove those from GENERIC since the >> hardware they are for is becoming so seriously outdated? >> >> There's always an option to load those drivers as modules if needed. > No. It is not a good time to remove them. They aren't as out-dated as you might think, and there's literally dozens of other devices in GENERIC that have even less use today... > > Warner > Just thought I'd be a statistic and speak up to say that I am happily using the PCMCIA drivers on multiple 9.x/i386 machines, and plan to continue doing so through 10.x. -Boris
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