Re: Why are cardbus drivers cbb(4) and pccard(4) still included in GENERIC?

From: Warner Losh <imp_at_bsdimp.com> Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2013 09:52:56 -0600 · This archive was generated by hypermail 2.4.0 : Wed May 19 2021 - 11:40:40 UTC

On Aug 29, 2013, at 3:15 AM, Kimmo Paasiala wrote:

> In reference to this FreeBSD forums post:
> 
> http://forums.freebsd.org/showpost.php?p=231135&postcount=4
> 
> Would it be a good time to remove those from GENERIC since the
> hardware they are for is becoming so seriously outdated?
> 
> There's always an option to load those drivers as modules if needed.

No. It is not a good time to remove them. They aren't as out-dated as you might think, and there's literally dozens of other devices in GENERIC that have even less use today...

Warner