> Subject: RFC: Remove nes > > Since we have gained another two (EFA, SIW) drivers lately, I'd really like to > remove NES as we have in the past for other drivers. > > This hardware was proposed to be removed at the last purge, but I think that Steve > still wanted to keep it for some reason. I suppose that has changed now. > > If I recall the reasons for removal were basically: > - Does not support modern FRWR, which is now becoming mandatory for ULPs > - Does not support 64 bit physical addresses, so is useless on modern > servers > - Possibly nobody has even loaded the module in years. Wouldn't be > surprised to learn it is broken with all the recent churn. Intel agrees with removing nes support.
