> Author: sbruno
> Date: Thu May 17 14:55:41 2018
> New Revision: 333717
> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/333717
>
> Log:
> Retire vxge(4).
>
> This driver was merged to HEAD one week prior to Exar publicly announcing
> they
> had left the Ethernet market. It is not known to be used and has various
> code
> quality issues spotted by Brooks and Hiren. Retire it in preparation for
> FreeBSD 12.0.
Did some form of deprecation notice make it into stable/11?
I took a quick look at sys/dev/vxge/vxge.c and do not see any,
nor did I find anything in the man page vxge.4.
Thanks,
> Submitted by: kbowling
> Reviewed by:brooks imp
> Relnotes: yes
> Sponsored by: Limelight Networks
> Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D15442
>
> Deleted:
> head/share/man/man4/vxge.4
> head/sys/dev/vxge/
> head/sys/modules/vxge/Makefile
> head/tools/kerneldoc/subsys/Doxyfile-dev_vxge
> head/tools/tools/vxge/
> Modified:
> head/ObsoleteFiles.inc
> head/UPDATING
> head/share/man/man4/Makefile
> head/sys/conf/NOTES
> head/sys/conf/files
> head/sys/conf/makeLINT.mk
> head/sys/modules/Makefile
> head/tools/tools/README
>
> Modified: head/ObsoleteFiles.inc
> ==
> --- head/ObsoleteFiles.incThu May 17 14:51:22 2018(r333716)
> +++ head/ObsoleteFiles.incThu May 17 14:55:41 2018(r333717)
> @@ -38,6 +38,9 @@
> # xargs -n1 | sort | uniq -d;
> # done
>
> +# 20180517: retire vxge
> +OLD_FILES+=usr/share/man/man4/if_vxge.4.gz
> +OLD_FILES+=usr/share/man/man4/vxge.4.gz
> # 20180512: Rename Unbound tools
> OLD_FILES+=usr/sbin/unbound
> OLD_FILES+=usr/sbin/unbound-anchor
>
> Modified: head/UPDATING
> ==
> --- head/UPDATING Thu May 17 14:51:22 2018(r333716)
> +++ head/UPDATING Thu May 17 14:55:41 2018(r333717)
> @@ -51,6 +51,12 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 12.x IS SLOW:
>
> ** SPECIAL WARNING:
> **
>
> +20180517:
> + The vxge(4) driver has been removed. This driver was introduced into
> + HEAD one week before the Exar left the Ethernet market and is not
> + known to be used. If you have device vxge in your kernel config file
> + it must be removed.
> +
> 20180510:
> The amd64 kernel now requires a ld that supports ifunc to produce a
> working kernel, either lld or a newer binutils. lld is built by default
>
> Modified: head/share/man/man4/Makefile
> ==
> --- head/share/man/man4/Makefile Thu May 17 14:51:22 2018
> (r333716)
> +++ head/share/man/man4/Makefile Thu May 17 14:55:41 2018
> (r333717)
> @@ -570,7 +570,6 @@ MAN= aac.4 \
> vt.4 \
> vte.4 \
> ${_vtnet.4} \
> - ${_vxge.4} \
> watchdog.4 \
> wb.4 \
> ${_wbwd.4} \
> @@ -754,7 +753,6 @@ MLINKS+=vpo.4 imm.4
> MLINKS+=vr.4 if_vr.4
> MLINKS+=vte.4 if_vte.4
> MLINKS+=${_vtnet.4} ${_if_vtnet.4}
> -MLINKS+=${_vxge.4} ${_if_vxge.4}
> MLINKS+=watchdog.4 SW_WATCHDOG.4
> MLINKS+=wb.4 if_wb.4
> MLINKS+=wi.4 if_wi.4
> @@ -826,7 +824,6 @@ _if_nfe.4=if_nfe.4
> _if_urtw.4= if_urtw.4
> _if_vmx.4= if_vmx.4
> _if_vtnet.4= if_vtnet.4
> -_if_vxge.4= if_vxge.4
> _if_wpi.4= if_wpi.4
> _imcsmb.4= imcsmb.4
> _ipmi.4= ipmi.4
> @@ -847,7 +844,6 @@ _virtio_random.4= virtio_random.4
> _virtio_scsi.4= virtio_scsi.4
> _vmx.4= vmx.4
> _vtnet.4=vtnet.4
> -_vxge.4= vxge.4
> _padlock.4= padlock.4
> _rr232x.4= rr232x.4
> _speaker.4= speaker.4
>
> Modified: head/sys/conf/NOTES
> ==
> --- head/sys/conf/NOTES Thu May 17 14:51:22 2018(r333716)
> +++ head/sys/conf/NOTES Thu May 17 14:55:41 2018(r333717)
> @@ -2135,7 +2135,6 @@ device oce # Emulex 10 GbE
> (OneConnect Ethernet)
> device ti # Alteon Networks Tigon I/II gigabit
> Ethernet
> device txp # 3Com 3cR990 (``Typhoon'')
> device vx # 3Com 3c590, 3c595 (``Vortex'')
> -device vxge# Exar/Neterion XFrame 3100 10GbE
>
> # PCI IEEE 802.11 Wireless NICs
> device ath # Atheros pci/cardbus NIC's
>
> Modified: head/sys/conf/files
> ==
> --- head/sys/conf/files Thu May 17 14:51:22 2018(r333716)
> +++ head/sys/conf/files Thu May 17 14:55:41 2018(r333717)
> @@ -3455,24 +3455,6 @@ dev/vt/vt_sysmouse.c optional vt
> dev/vte/if_vte.c optional vte pci
> dev/vx/if_vx.c
