Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2013 17:38:59 +0000 From: "Thomas Mueller" <mueller6724@bellsouth.net> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Cc: 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: <C6.82.27973.3378F125@hrndva-omtalb.mail.rr.com>
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> In reference to this FreeBSD forums post:
> http://forums.freebsd.org/showpost.php?p=231135&postcount=4
> Would it be a good time to remove those from GENERIC since the
> hardware they are for is becoming so seriously outdated?
> There's always an option to load those drivers as modules if needed.
> -Kimmo
These looked useless to me on a desktop computer, but proved necessary to retain just to be able to compile NDIS support into the kernel.
This is for a USB wireless adapter by Hiro that uses Realtek RTL8191S chip.
Other responses on this topic reveal that these cardbus drivers are needed for many other drivers too.
Tom
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