Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2018 23:13:04 +0000 From: Kevin Bowling <kevin.bowling@kev009.com> To: Brooks Davis <brooks@freebsd.org> Cc: "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd-rwg@pdx.rh.cn85.dnsmgr.net>, freebsd-net@freebsd.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Calling nxge(4) users Message-ID: <CAK7dMtARuekjoEpL6j3yTR2YZzDx4MTpxiKeOdBhC2_exZ9cOw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20180326222942.GB42437@spindle.one-eyed-alien.net> References: <20180325184032.GA42437@spindle.one-eyed-alien.net> <201803252009.w2PK9Rjk043533@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net> <20180326222942.GB42437@spindle.one-eyed-alien.net>
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Agreed. Please cull the =E2=80=98ixgb=E2=80=99 driver for similar reasons On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 4:05 PM Brooks Davis <brooks@freebsd.org> wrote: > On Sun, Mar 25, 2018 at 01:09:27PM -0700, Rodney W. Grimes wrote: > > > The nxge(4) driver for the Neterion Xframe-I and Xframe-II 10GbE > > > adapters has obvious bugs (by inspection) and it doesn't appear the > > > company exists any more. We'd like to see if there are any significa= nt > > > users of this device and plan to remove it from FreeBSD-12 if not. > > > > > > -- Brooks > > > > Neterion has been acquired by exar. > > https://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=3D1173009 > > > > They have the datasheet for the Xframe-I here: > > https://www.exar.com/ds/xframedatasheet.pdf > > > > The cards appear to be readily avaliable on ebay. > > Given that most of these cards appear to have been PCI-X and the product > failed in the market, I'm not finding that compelling. One could buy > a Chelsio or Intel card for a similar price and have a supported driver. > > Unless someone has a significant deployment of these cards that will run > past the EOL of FreeBSD 11 (2021) this driver is a net negative. > > -- Brooks >
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