git: bfc99943b04b - main - ndis(4): remove as previous announced
Cy Schubert
Cy.Schubert at cschubert.com
Mon Jan 25 22:01:40 UTC 2021
In message <202101252146.10PLk70I048525 at gitrepo.freebsd.org>, Brooks Davis
writ
es:
> The branch main has been updated by brooks:
>
> URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=bfc99943b04b46a6c1c885ce7bcc6f23
> 5b7422aa
>
> commit bfc99943b04b46a6c1c885ce7bcc6f235b7422aa
> Author: Brooks Davis <brooks at one-eyed-alien.net>
> AuthorDate: 2021-01-25 21:45:03 +0000
> Commit: Brooks Davis <brooks at FreeBSD.org>
> CommitDate: 2021-01-25 21:45:03 +0000
>
> ndis(4): remove as previous announced
>
> nids(4) was a clever idea in the early 2000's when the market was
> flooded with 10/100 NICs with Windows-only drivers, but that hasn't been
> the case for ages and the driver has had no meaningful maintenance in
> ages. It only supports Windows-XP era drivers.
>
> Also remove:
> - ndis support from wpa_supplicant
This doesn't matter either way. It will be added back in the next time we
import wpa from our upstream.
> - ndiscvt(8)
>
> Reviewed By: emaste, bcr (manpages)
> Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D27609
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