Differential D55516 Authored by emaste on Feb 25 2026, 5:24 PM.
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Summary We retired most obsolete 10 and 10/100 Ethernet NIC drivers in 2019 -- see D20230. le(4) was retained with with the note "Emulated by QEMU, alternatives don't yet work for mips64." MIPS has been removed from the tree and emulators and virtual machines offer many other, more capable devices.
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Event TimelineHerald added a subscriber: ziaee. · View Herald TranscriptFeb 25 2026, 5:24 PM2026-02-25 17:24:55 (UTC+0) Comment Actions In addition to ditching mips, we've since moved all our VMs to vtnet. At this point that's table stakes unless the emulator aims entirely for retro-computing support (in which case we don't care about it.) This revision is now accepted and ready to land.Feb 25 2026, 9:55 PM2026-02-25 21:55:52 (UTC+0) Closed by commit rG7a323f873662: sys: Retire le(4). · Explain WhyMar 2 2026, 7:11 PM2026-03-02 19:11:05 (UTC+0) This revision was automatically updated to reflect the committed changes. Herald added a subscriber: imp. · View Herald TranscriptMar 2 2026, 7:11 PM2026-03-02 19:11:05 (UTC+0)
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