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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