Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2018 13:03:01 +0700 From: Eugene Grosbein <eugen@grosbein.net> To: Brooks Davis <brooks@freebsd.org>, freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Cc: "freebsd-net@freebsd.org" <freebsd-net@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FCP-0101: Deprecating most 10/100 Ethernet drivers Message-ID: <45c44128-85cb-5b4c-3af3-cbdf1560c9be@grosbein.net> In-Reply-To: <20181003210516.GA71565@spindle.one-eyed-alien.net> References: <20181003210516.GA71565@spindle.one-eyed-alien.net>
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04.10.2018 4:05, Brooks Davis wrote: >>>> Please direct replies to freebsd-arch <<< > > FCP-01010 (https://github.com/freebsd/fcp/blob/master/fcp-0101.md) > outlines a plan to deprecate most 10/100 Ethernet drivers in FreeBSD 12 > and remove them in FreeBSD 13 to reduce the burden of maintaining and > improving the network stack. We have discussed this within the > core team and intend to move forward as proposed. We are solictiting > feedback on the list of drivers to be excepted from removal. > > The current list of drivers slated for REMOVAL is: > > ae, bfe, bm, cs, dme, ed, ep, ex, fe, pcn, rl, sf, smc, sn, > ste, tl, tx, txp, vx, wb, xe > > The current list of drivers that will STAY in the tree is: > > dc, ffec, fxpl, hme, le, sis, vr, xl "fxpl" should have been "fxp" here, I suppose. While I have no objection for general direction, I have doubts about removal of ste(4) and especially rl(4). These are cheap 100Mbit VERY popular NICs sold in enourmous values in certain markets by vendors like D-Link and TP-Link using various trade names. Lack of support for such popular 100M cards won't be good for FreeBSD, I suppose.
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