Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2018 10:24:13 -0700 From: Bakul Shah <bakul@bitblocks.com> To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FCP-0101: Deprecating most 10/100 Ethernet drivers Message-ID: <20181004172420.F08F5156E40C@mail.bitblocks.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 03 Oct 2018 21:05:16 -0000." <20181003210516.GA71565@spindle.one-eyed-alien.net> References: <20181003210516.GA71565@spindle.one-eyed-alien.net>
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On Wed, 03 Oct 2018 21:05:16 -0000 Brooks Davis <brooks@freebsd.org> wrote: > > 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 What is the disposition of drivers not on either list? > 10 and 100 megabit Ethernet drivers are largely irrelevant today > and we have a significant number of them in the tree. The ones that > are no longer used and/or are not known to be working need to be > removed due to the significant ongoing 'tax' on new development. I don't understand why there is a "significant ongoing 'tax' on new development" for old NICs. Can the internal MI<->MD interface be evolved in the direction where the MD drivers for old h/w "just work"? Or is it a hopeless task?
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