Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2018 08:46:03 -0700 From: Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>, Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org>, Brooks Davis <brooks@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD-STABLE Mailing List <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD Net <freebsd-net@freebsd.org>, "freebsd-arch@freebsd.org" <freebsd-arch@freebsd.org>, "freebsd-fcp@freebsd.org" <freebsd-fcp@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: FCP-0101: Deprecating most 10/100 Ethernet drivers Message-ID: <20181004154744.79EA3154E@spqr.komquats.com>
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I'm willing to help out with rl(4) as I have one here. Others, not schedule= d for removal, that I can help one way or another are are NICs, including w= ireless, currently installed here. --- Sent using a tiny phone keyboard. Apologies for any typos and autocorrect. Also, this old phone only supports top post. Apologies. Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com> or <cy@freebsd.org> The need of the many outweighs the greed of the few. --- -----Original Message----- From: Poul-Henning Kamp Sent: 04/10/2018 07:03 To: Warner Losh Cc: Alexey Dokuchaev; Brooks Davis; FreeBSD-STABLE Mailing List; FreeBSD Ne= t; freebsd-arch@freebsd.org; freebsd-fcp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FCP-0101: Deprecating most 10/100 Ethernet drivers -------- In message <CANCZdfpFXs_Ed-gMZnnSs2eAxYh8hdwr-6dh9rpUUPbZXO0hWA@mail.gmail.= com> , Warner Losh writes: >Most of these drivers have had dozens or hundreds of commits each over the >years to keep up with the API changes. This acts as a tax on innovation >because it's such a pain in the back side to change all the drivers in the >tree. As one who has been there, a couple of times: SECONDED! It is particular unpleasant when you have no way to test the changes. --=20 Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe =20 Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. _______________________________________________ freebsd-arch@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-arch To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-arch-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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