From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 1 04:37:13 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0DF6610656EF for ; Sun, 1 Mar 2009 04:37:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from thompsa@FreeBSD.org) Received: from pele.citylink.co.nz (pele.citylink.co.nz [202.8.44.226]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C681B8FC0A for ; Sun, 1 Mar 2009 04:37:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from thompsa@FreeBSD.org) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pele.citylink.co.nz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0CA1DFF9A; Sun, 1 Mar 2009 17:37:12 +1300 (NZDT) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at citylink.co.nz Received: from pele.citylink.co.nz ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (pele.citylink.co.nz [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id yEUl8hBAeKou; Sun, 1 Mar 2009 17:37:08 +1300 (NZDT) Received: from citylink.fud.org.nz (unknown [202.8.44.45]) by pele.citylink.co.nz (Postfix) with ESMTP; Sun, 1 Mar 2009 17:37:08 +1300 (NZDT) Received: by citylink.fud.org.nz (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 91D191142F; Sun, 1 Mar 2009 17:37:07 +1300 (NZDT) Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2009 20:37:07 -0800 From: Andrew Thompson To: Luke Dean Message-ID: <20090301043707.GA90301@citylink.fud.org.nz> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Future of the axe driver? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 01 Mar 2009 04:37:13 -0000 On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 07:40:02PM -0800, Luke Dean wrote: > > I've got a Netgear FA120 usb-to-ethernet device. I don't use it > regularly, but it has saved the day on many occasions. > > I'm running FreeBSD 7.1 right now, not CURRENT, and this device is > supported by the axe driver. > > I've been trying to follow the news with CURRENT, and it sounds like axe > is being phased out for a couple of different reasons. I saw posts about > how it doesn't fit with the way CURRENT wants to do locking or with the > new usb changes. I browsed the CVS repository and saw that its code had > been moved into the attic this week. > > Has axe been phased out? Will there be another driver to support my > device when I decide to move to FreeBSD 8? Is there anything I can do to > help preserve support for this device? Im not sure what posts were saying it was going to be phased out but it isnt true and the hardware is very much supported. The driver now lives under a slighty different location of sys/dev/usb/net/if_axe.c Andrew