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Date:      Thu, 17 May 2018 16:32:39 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Sean Bruno <sbruno@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable-11@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r333738 - in stable/11: share/man/man4 sys/dev/vxge
Message-ID:  <201805171632.w4HGWdtP029825@repo.freebsd.org>

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Author: sbruno
Date: Thu May 17 16:32:38 2018
New Revision: 333738
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/333738

Log:
  MFC r333499
  
  Add deprecation notice for vxge.
  
  This driver was merged to HEAD one week prior to Exar publicly
  announcing theyhad left the Ethernet market. It is not known to be used
  and has various code quality issues spotted by Brooks and Hiren. Retire
  it in preparation for FreeBSD 12.0.
  
  Submitted by:	kbowling
  Reported by:	rgrimes
  Approved by:	re (gjb)
  Relnotes:	yes

Modified:
  stable/11/share/man/man4/vxge.4
  stable/11/sys/dev/vxge/vxge.c
Directory Properties:
  stable/11/   (props changed)

Modified: stable/11/share/man/man4/vxge.4
==============================================================================
--- stable/11/share/man/man4/vxge.4	Thu May 17 16:21:12 2018	(r333737)
+++ stable/11/share/man/man4/vxge.4	Thu May 17 16:32:38 2018	(r333738)
@@ -44,6 +44,12 @@ module at boot time, place the following line in
 .Bd -literal -offset indent
 if_vxge_load="YES"
 .Ed
+.Sh DEPRECATION NOTICE
+The
+.Nm
+driver is not present in
+.Fx 12.0
+and later.
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 The
 .Nm

Modified: stable/11/sys/dev/vxge/vxge.c
==============================================================================
--- stable/11/sys/dev/vxge/vxge.c	Thu May 17 16:21:12 2018	(r333737)
+++ stable/11/sys/dev/vxge/vxge.c	Thu May 17 16:32:38 2018	(r333738)
@@ -234,6 +234,7 @@ _exit0:
 		err = ENXIO;
 	}
 
+	gone_in_dev(ndev, 12, "vxge(4) driver");
 	return (err);
 }
 



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