Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2013 09:52:56 -0600 From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> To: Kimmo Paasiala <kpaasial@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, "freebsd-stable@freebsd.org" <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why are cardbus drivers cbb(4) and pccard(4) still included in GENERIC? Message-ID: <92E50FD0-1A1D-4CD2-AB73-11D1F189D12D@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <CA%2B7WWSfpWS4LJ7a4LgY6j3Uo_=CoF8xkRccrUQtM5WaVkyaUAA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CA%2B7WWSfpWS4LJ7a4LgY6j3Uo_=CoF8xkRccrUQtM5WaVkyaUAA@mail.gmail.com>
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On Aug 29, 2013, at 3:15 AM, Kimmo Paasiala wrote: > In reference to this FreeBSD forums post: >=20 > http://forums.freebsd.org/showpost.php?p=3D231135&postcount=3D4 >=20 > Would it be a good time to remove those from GENERIC since the > hardware they are for is becoming so seriously outdated? >=20 > There's always an option to load those drivers as modules if needed. No. It is not a good time to remove them. They aren't as out-dated as = you might think, and there's literally dozens of other devices in = GENERIC that have even less use today... Warner
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