From owner-freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Sun Dec 3 02:18:40 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC4D4DBAC2C for ; Sun, 3 Dec 2017 02:18:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@eitanadler.com) Received: from mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (unknown [127.0.1.3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E76D6543F for ; Sun, 3 Dec 2017 02:18:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@eitanadler.com) Received: by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) id 8DCC9DBAC2B; Sun, 3 Dec 2017 02:18:40 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: arch@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D6F6DBAC2A for ; Sun, 3 Dec 2017 02:18:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@eitanadler.com) Received: from mail-yb0-x235.google.com (mail-yb0-x235.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4002:c09::235]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 63B2A6543E for ; Sun, 3 Dec 2017 02:18:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@eitanadler.com) Received: by mail-yb0-x235.google.com with SMTP id v12so5417645ybj.5 for ; Sat, 02 Dec 2017 18:18:40 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=eitanadler.com; s=0xdeadbeef; h=mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=Pn/a7pffmYFgyKvtZmRwiUE3xM/SLYVetA//RwkIe2M=; b=nbzKI0NOPrwoSKHiiMwJ17kxW62RVE78WKDyQdiWG21F3O7YXutQoXPwEiPlPrhSKZ xmpKhbJKz73Gmbk6NggBp9IZ03s3FD3qknRVt9n57d/WDJQ+mOJVuPTitjw+G7U5pMZM 0dBoD28WErZeKmtVgPDxFv16XMBraY0AKbGOE= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=Pn/a7pffmYFgyKvtZmRwiUE3xM/SLYVetA//RwkIe2M=; b=js+ZOPK3MFldH048aL5GJJTf40ovNZgo4ABmCH2bnXzm2KbkRz9BARG0AW/inw/YHS dS/bcUjpj6Vb1fGv3Wi62qF15GO9sc7I1HTRaitIzD104VkVby8o39cdHkdgq2r6GxW/ EnKCUUyKiNstmeKbXAmenu3ahXazJqXPyi4BYi0boPtyVqpejxOYtUoReITgIK3+VC25 rgSMRb88PI5GCkLv/6jXb4k/f+D5YwClWKKAy80h1A1lrmBhj7jJrPauPCD+Rj9wAIoC xm2oMFp5/+Dmu1KwN08Brq3Wf7l3OuxFYYFJjJ+TpvjyNQ8LWegTEe1qbOIgEEIEHqQ3 Gf+Q== X-Gm-Message-State: AKGB3mL6AHG7xaQht3Z9gLKKha6COxkDk9oywVPgEa/iw1Dek6sSa/wa /afs1F669GTN7zeO+EBIsZeuXltriqGpMLHFOmMlVrE2 X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGs4zMZlbABaw01inCYgvYG4a69J9ZcafC8d04PCBCX4w9bRIG4uaK4gHYpanPbs3VQi7jXNMD6RSL9MdvPJIhVAbm0= X-Received: by 10.37.179.18 with SMTP id l18mr1557745ybj.171.1512267519209; Sat, 02 Dec 2017 18:18:39 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.37.15.66 with HTTP; Sat, 2 Dec 2017 18:18:08 -0800 (PST) From: Eitan Adler Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2017 18:18:08 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Deprecating / Removing floppy drive support To: "freebsd-arch@freebsd.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 03 Dec 2017 02:18:40 -0000 Hi all, I'd like to remove floppy drive support from FreeBSD: - The physical media is no longer produced - Computers produced in the last 10-15 years don't have a floppy drive reader - There are still a few open bug reports relating to floppies(!) - Its several thousand lines of code that could be removed Is there any reason to continue supporting floppy drives in FreeBSD 12.0+? -- Eitan Adler