Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2018 14:42:19 -0400 From: Charles Sprickman <spork@bway.net> To: Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com> Cc: Rick Macklem <rmacklem@uoguelph.ca>, Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>, Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org>, FreeBSD Net <freebsd-net@freebsd.org>, "freebsd-fcp@freebsd.org" <freebsd-fcp@freebsd.org>, Brooks Davis <brooks@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD-STABLE Mailing List <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>, "freebsd-arch@freebsd.org" <freebsd-arch@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FCP-0101: Deprecating most 10/100 Ethernet drivers Message-ID: <11826345-1B82-46CB-894C-E567725F8EB8@bway.net> In-Reply-To: <20181004155355.6C2A51571@spqr.komquats.com> References: <20181004155355.6C2A51571@spqr.komquats.com>
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> On Oct 4, 2018, at 11:52 AM, Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com> = wrote: >=20 > I have rl, fxp, xl, dc, bge (which I have an uncommitted patch for), = nfe, and sk. Not all are scheduled for removal but this is my inventory = for which I can test and am willing to help out with. Add iwn and ath = too. I also have a stack of old stuff (almost certain there=E2=80=99s at = least one vx in there - VORTEX power!). If anyone needs cards, please = contact me and if I have it, I=E2=80=99ll send it your way. Also have = some old video (AGP), sound (ISA), SATA (PCI-X) and other total rando = stuff. One place I see the older cards are in some firewall boxes that are in = SFF boxes. Old PCI 10/100 NICs are more than adequate for backup WAN = purposes (xDSL, cable, etc.) and some of the SFF boxes have one pci-e = plus one pci slot and that=E2=80=99s it. Charles >=20 > --- > Sent using a tiny phone keyboard. > Apologies for any typos and autocorrect. > Also, this old phone only supports top post. Apologies. >=20 > Cy Schubert > <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com> or <cy@freebsd.org> > The need of the many outweighs the greed of the few. > --- >=20 > -----Original Message----- > From: Rick Macklem > Sent: 04/10/2018 07:41 > To: Warner Losh; Alexey Dokuchaev > Cc: FreeBSD Net; freebsd-fcp@freebsd.org; Brooks Davis; FreeBSD-STABLE = Mailing List; freebsd-arch@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: FCP-0101: Deprecating most 10/100 Ethernet drivers >=20 > Warner Losh wrote: > [lots of stuff snipped] >> That's why that one way to get the driver off the list is to convert = to >> iflib. That greatly reduces the burden by centralizing all the = stupid, >> common things of a driver so that we only have to change one place, = not >> dozens. >=20 > I can probably do this for bfe and fxp, since I have both. > Can someone suggest a good example driver that has already been = converted, > so I can see what needs to be done? >=20 > Again, I don't care if they stay in the current/head tree. >=20 > [more stuff snipped] >=20 > rick >=20 > _______________________________________________ > 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" >=20 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to = "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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