oce(4): deprecate
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Authored by brooks on Jun 13 2023, 11:02 PM.

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rG84019c6c0052: oce(4): deprecate
rG4591322980a3: oce(4): deprecate

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The Emulex OneConnect NIC driver hasn't seen any commits other than ioctl
bug fixes (some severe) and sweeping commits since 2016. There is no
indication of new parts since 2014 or earlier. As such, deprecate the
driver with the aim of removing it prior to FreeBSD 15.

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brooks requested review of this revision.Jun 13 2023, 11:02 PM

brooks created this revision.

Harbormaster completed remote builds in B52040: Diff 123185.Jun 13 2023, 11:02 PM

brooks mentioned this in D40519: oce(4): Don't directly access usespace.Jun 13 2023, 11:04 PM

emaste accepted this revision.Jun 14 2023, 12:45 AM

This revision is now accepted and ready to land.Jun 14 2023, 12:45 AM

Closed by commit rG4591322980a3: oce(4): deprecate (authored by brooks). · Explain WhyJun 15 2023, 4:37 PM

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brooks added a commit: rG4591322980a3: oce(4): deprecate.

brooks added a commit: rG84019c6c0052: oce(4): deprecate.Jul 20 2023, 8:45 PM

Activity on discord by "Vince (darkain)" for FreeBSD kernel is reporting the following still use hardware this driver supports: PowerEdge servers.
'its literally the mezzanine NIC common in Dell PowerEdge servers'

Also: 'there is a good number of users of these NICs in the OPNsense and pfSense communities too... because they're cheap, and they "just work"'

Also: 'the NICs are super SUPER common on eBay'

(I do not claim to have context about such myself.)

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share/

man/

man4/

oce.4

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sys/

dev/

oce/

oce_if.c

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