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Subject: Re: FCP-0101: Deprecating most 10/100 Ethernet drivers
To: Brooks Davis <brooks@freebsd.org>, freebsd-arch@freebsd.org
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04.10.2018 23:22, Brooks Davis wrote:

> In an effort to save some email, we will be moving rl(4) to the list of
> drivers to STAY as it has proved itself to be popular.  A few others
> appear to be well on their way so keep the reports coming.

And ste(4) please, as these are hardly replaceable two- and four-ports cards.
In many cases it is impossible to replace them without replacement of whole boxes
that have no extra PCI slots.