FCP-0101: Deprecating most 10/100 Ethernet drivers

[Alex Kozlov]

On Thu, Oct 04, 2018 at 11:45:26AM +0200, Philip Paeps wrote:
> On 2018-10-03 23:05:16 (+0200), Brooks Davis wrote:
> > 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
> 
> ae is still popular in many cheap Asian laptops (Asus, Acer, etc).
> rl is still popular in many cheap PCI adapters.
+1 for ae and rl


-- 
Alex