git: bfc99943b04b - main - ndis(4): remove as previous announced

Cy Schubert Cy.Schubert at cschubert.com
Mon Jan 25 22:03:51 UTC 2021


In message <202101252201.10PM1XsJ001783 at slippy.cwsent.com>, Cy Schubert 
writes:
> 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=bfc99943b04b46a6c1c885ce7bcc6f
> 23
> > 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 bee
> n
> >     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.

Never mind. Too much multitasking. I should have had a closer look before 
speaking.


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