I also call for keeping of the ste(4) driver. We use several 4-head D-Link DFE-580TX cards. Removing their support would incur serious expenses for us for replacement hardware.
> On 4 Oct 2018, at 09:03, Eugene Grosbein <eu...@grosbein.net> wrote: > > 04.10.2018 4:05, Brooks Davis wrote: > >>>>> Please direct replies to freebsd-arch <<< >> >> FCP-01010 (https://github.com/freebsd/fcp/blob/master/fcp-0101.md) >> outlines a plan to deprecate most 10/100 Ethernet drivers in FreeBSD 12 >> and remove them in FreeBSD 13 to reduce the burden of maintaining and >> improving the network stack. We have discussed this within the >> core team and intend to move forward as proposed. We are solictiting >> feedback on the list of drivers to be excepted from removal. >> >> The current list of drivers slated for REMOVAL is: >> >> ae, bfe, bm, cs, dme, ed, ep, ex, fe, pcn, rl, sf, smc, sn, >> ste, tl, tx, txp, vx, wb, xe >> >> The current list of drivers that will STAY in the tree is: >> >> dc, ffec, fxpl, hme, le, sis, vr, xl > > "fxpl" should have been "fxp" here, I suppose. > > While I have no objection for general direction, I have doubts about removal > of ste(4) and especially rl(4). > These are cheap 100Mbit VERY popular NICs sold in enourmous values in certain > markets > by vendors like D-Link and TP-Link using various trade names. > > Lack of support for such popular 100M cards won't be good for FreeBSD, I > suppose. > > _______________________________________________ > 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"
