Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2018 23:04:14 -0500 From: "A. Wilcox" <AWilcox@Wilcox-Tech.com> To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FCP-0101: Deprecating most 10/100 Ethernet drivers Message-ID: <81f48455-830e-ece0-57cd-68428a20a62b@Wilcox-Tech.com> In-Reply-To: <20181003210516.GA71565@spindle.one-eyed-alien.net> References: <20181003210516.GA71565@spindle.one-eyed-alien.net>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --Sn26lF6mCFWXYcZjZgplRAYuxHvDtZb3m Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="UxgNmZ1QRHKbjkZhVbQ07UsWL8S7NUTZH"; protected-headers="v1" From: "A. Wilcox" <AWilcox@Wilcox-Tech.com> To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Message-ID: <81f48455-830e-ece0-57cd-68428a20a62b@Wilcox-Tech.com> Subject: Re: FCP-0101: Deprecating most 10/100 Ethernet drivers References: <20181003210516.GA71565@spindle.one-eyed-alien.net> In-Reply-To: <20181003210516.GA71565@spindle.one-eyed-alien.net> --UxgNmZ1QRHKbjkZhVbQ07UsWL8S7NUTZH Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 10/03/18 16:05, Brooks Davis wrote: > We propose to deprecate devices which are not sufficiently popular. Th= is > will entail: > - (October 2018) Send this list to freebsd-net and freebsd-stable. > - (Before FreeBSD 12.0-RELEASE - October 2018) Update the manpages and= > attach routines for each device to be removed and merge those change= s > to FreeBSD 12. > - (One month after FreeBSD 12.0-RELEASE - January 2019) Remind > freebsd-net and freebsd-stable users of pending deletion. > - (Two months after FreeBSD 12.0-RELEASE - February 2019) Delete depre= cated > devices. [ ... ] > For a device to be placed on > the exception list the device must meet one of the following criteria: [ ... ] > - Ported to use iflib (reducing future maintenance cost.) So, does that mean that the window for porting to iflib is between now and January? Or would the driver need to be ported before the FCP is passed? Sorry, just wondering for clarification's sake, since I have a pcn and rl hanging around and if I have any free time I could potentially look at porting, if that'd help. --arw --=20 A. Wilcox (awilfox) Open-source programmer (C, C++, Python) https://code.foxkit.us/u/awilfox/ --UxgNmZ1QRHKbjkZhVbQ07UsWL8S7NUTZH-- --Sn26lF6mCFWXYcZjZgplRAYuxHvDtZb3m Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCAAdFiEEjNyWOYPU1SaTSMHHyynLUZIrnRQFAlu1kT4ACgkQyynLUZIr nRRBgBAAnE82oVdhg3ET7j+v69ZknaAcqgpGTDjdxzVKZcxo+tdhxM9mXSb7ni+O ejTAiHg5dzQg1OBX5kI0HK0jYBY6bIsim23iLY6n+9E9QW6E4TwmIKAJnW9JpHj6 i3+XBsWLgOqu0FK0YTw2EbPYzlfwqPxXKx57J20Oisg6LEc9a2PytaXiwHAm5jKQ ld6PVhB87Gqvrpt7Bb9uE4dqXPNx65yFIsGclvMSjXOPj+y+Ov5sTEs9jJjBg2rt Dll31I3rZys+r88uGUtERTHtijlyMtDAgtYj1xXzJ9SrS9NicYhvqWe56GfQiy47 VksM38xN/oVe3vqE5QKVwcshTru0vwrHVB/5AkGpr7l3kuvq3OPb658fXqrojDcR btYhBjmfl0ba25o+m3m+2TEk5zTA+VXR3prjgACBpphzwq2ygnYtktP3oL/UqeNw sgzLIRor8BsSCOHJlTKrqVGc9J1TzidJwg+GRIEUp3rAh0efHFkWewcjdk0o+YLs F3zq/hrAneZ18k8nAEWbNmn+YyzpfIjBJ70pWmQHtLb3Sn95gyMCaXzvG1TkBPY1 llZAHD3atfNANjLwlldtTDmWxjruXTMcDeckEYnQOuQjQwVJEYvumL6DYl56YoDr 7xWFNVP8EigK6SZkq+axLuycs7J+9KfBh4+DLpzz4G/8Jp+6g/c= =e2rq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sn26lF6mCFWXYcZjZgplRAYuxHvDtZb3m--
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