The fact that FreeBSD 11 has almost five years of support left is part of what makes this a good time to remove support from 12. Updating 11 to support newer cards certainly makes sense.
-- Brooks On Fri, Apr 07, 2017 at 06:30:05AM -0700, Kevin Bowling wrote: > For consideration, stable/11 will be supported until September 30, 2021 > which provides a pretty long window to transition. > > On Fri, Apr 7, 2017 at 6:15 AM, ??ukasz W??jcik <lukasz.woj...@zoho.com> > wrote: > > > Oh, and mbpool DMA syncing does not work at all and -- at least in patm > > driver -- causes various issues. > > > > This of course can be easily worked around if you choose to let ATM > > ecosystem stay. If my client agrees, > > > > I could also share a patch for patm to make it work with newer ProSUM > > hardware. > > > > > > -??W > > > > > > > > On 07-Apr-17 15:08, ??ukasz W??jcik wrote: > > > >> Hi Brooks, > >> > >> > >> AFAIK Prosum still manufactures PROATM155M card that utilizes patm driver > >> (which is by the way a little bit outdated and does > >> > >> not support newer variants of ProSUM cards). I also have clients that > >> still use ATM and prosum cards and FreeBSD. My guess is that > >> > >> they're not the only ones. Just my 5cents. The other thing is that > >> ATM/NATM infrastructure in FreeBSD seems to never have been > >> > >> finished. > >> > >> > >> Thanks > >> > >> -??W > >> > >> > >> On 07-Apr-17 01:57, Brooks Davis wrote: > >> > >>> As previously threatened, I plan to remove NATM support next week. This > >>> includes the drivers en(4), fatm(4), hatm(4), and patm(4). None of > >>> these devices have been manufactured in the last 20 years so it is time > >>> to move on. > >>> > >>> The planned commit can be seen at https://reviews.freebsd.org/D9883 > >>> > >>> -- Brooks > >>> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list > >> https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net > >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list > > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
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