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authorMitchell Horne <mhorne@FreeBSD.org>2023-11-13 18:36:10 +0000
committerMitchell Horne <mhorne@FreeBSD.org>2023-11-13 20:25:23 +0000
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14.0 relnotes: add a subsection for removed drivers
It is desirable to list these separately from new or updated drivers. Reviewed by: carlavilla, emaste, karels Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D42570
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diff --git a/website/content/en/releases/14.0R/relnotes.adoc b/website/content/en/releases/14.0R/relnotes.adoc
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@@ -617,12 +617,6 @@ Support for the Arm Corelink DMC-620 Memory Controller, and the CMN-600 Coherent
See man:pmc.dmc-620[3] and man:pmc.cmn-600[3].
gitref:1459a22787ea[repository=src] gitref:59191f3573f6[repository=src] (Sponsored by ARM) (Sponsored by Ampere Computing)
-Drivers for ISA sound cards have been removed.
-gitref:92e6b4712b53[repository=src] gitref:df51e63eb5d7[repository=src] gitref:aa83e9b189d6[repository=src] gitref:754decef384a[repository=src] gitref:5126e5eeeb5e[repository=src] gitref:716924cb4832[repository=src] gitref:9054e296819f[repository=src] (Sponsored by The FreeBSD Foundation)
-
-The AHB bus front end has been removed from man:ath[4], as it was used only by MIPS.
-gitref:37c8ee8847fa[repository=src]
-
A fix has been implemented for frame buffer addressing that affects frame buffers mapped above 4 GB physical on i386 and Book-E powerpc.
gitref:a78bb831a17f[repository=src]
@@ -650,10 +644,6 @@ However, configuration such as man:fstab[5] should be updated to refer to the ne
Options to control the use of `nda` devices and symbolic links are described in man:nda[4].
gitref:bdc81eeda05d[repository=src] (Sponsored by Netflix)
-The man:pms[4] driver, `pmspcv`, has been removed from the `GENERIC` kernel configurations for x86, as it was large and uncommonly used.
-It can be loaded as a module by placing `pmspcv_load="YES"` in man:loader.conf[5].
-gitref:95e4f5ef7cce[repository=src] (Sponsored by Rubicon Communications, LLC ("Netgate"))
-
The previous man:qat[4] driver has been replaced with Intel's QAT driver.
The new version provides additional interfaces to the chipset's cryptographic and compression offload functionality.
This will have no visible change for most users; however, the new driver does not support Atom C2000 chipsets.
@@ -661,11 +651,24 @@ To preserve support for those chipsets, the old driver has been renamed to `qat_
Users of man:qat[4] on C2000 hardware will thus need to ensure that man:qat_c2xxx[4] is loaded instead of man:qat[4].
gitref:78ee8d1c4cda[repository=src] gitref:f4f56ff43dbd[repository=src] (Sponsored by Intel Corporation)
+[[drivers-removals]]
+=== Deprecated and Removed Drivers
+
+The man:pms[4] driver, `pmspcv`, has been removed from the `GENERIC` kernel configurations for x86, as it was large and uncommonly used.
+It can be loaded as a module by placing `pmspcv_load="YES"` in man:loader.conf[5].
+gitref:95e4f5ef7cce[repository=src] (Sponsored by Rubicon Communications, LLC ("Netgate"))
+
The VESA option has been removed from the x86 `GENERIC` and `MINIMAL` kernel configurations.
It is still available as a kernel module.
VESA is not used by the default console, man:vt[4].
gitref:777526ed8382[repository=src] gitref:b8cf1c5c30a5[repository=src] (Sponsored by The FreeBSD Foundation)
+Drivers for ISA sound cards have been removed.
+gitref:92e6b4712b53[repository=src] gitref:df51e63eb5d7[repository=src] gitref:aa83e9b189d6[repository=src] gitref:754decef384a[repository=src] gitref:5126e5eeeb5e[repository=src] gitref:716924cb4832[repository=src] gitref:9054e296819f[repository=src] (Sponsored by The FreeBSD Foundation)
+
+The AHB bus front end has been removed from man:ath[4], as it was used only by MIPS.
+gitref:37c8ee8847fa[repository=src]
+
The deprecated man:amr[4] driver has been removed.
gitref:60de2867c9fc[repository=src] (Sponsored by Netflix)