From owner-freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Tue Mar 17 19:23:44 2020 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0250027073F for ; Tue, 17 Mar 2020 19:23:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jmg@gold.funkthat.com) Received: from gold.funkthat.com (gate2.funkthat.com [208.87.223.18]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "gate2.funkthat.com", Issuer "Let's Encrypt Authority X3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 48hjl25rDQz4K76 for ; Tue, 17 Mar 2020 19:23:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jmg@gold.funkthat.com) Received: from gold.funkthat.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gold.funkthat.com (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTPS id 02HJNWe5032907 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 17 Mar 2020 12:23:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jmg@gold.funkthat.com) Received: (from jmg@localhost) by gold.funkthat.com (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) id 02HJNWgg032906; Tue, 17 Mar 2020 12:23:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jmg) Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2020 12:23:32 -0700 From: John-Mark Gurney To: Warner Losh Cc: "freebsd-arch@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: Removing: bktr(4) Brooktree Video Capture card Message-ID: <20200317192332.GD4213@funkthat.com> Mail-Followup-To: Warner Losh , "freebsd-arch@freebsd.org" References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 11.3-STABLE amd64 X-PGP-Fingerprint: D87A 235F FB71 1F3F 55B7 ED9B D5FF 5A51 C0AC 3D65 X-Files: The truth is out there X-URL: https://www.funkthat.com/ X-Resume: https://www.funkthat.com/~jmg/resume.html X-TipJar: bitcoin:13Qmb6AeTgQecazTWph4XasEsP7nGRbAPE X-to-the-FBI-CIA-and-NSA: HI! HOW YA DOIN? can i haz chizburger? User-Agent: Mutt/1.6.1 (2016-04-27) X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.4.3 (gold.funkthat.com [127.0.0.1]); Tue, 17 Mar 2020 12:23:32 -0700 (PDT) X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 48hjl25rDQz4K76 X-Spamd-Bar: + Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; dmarc=none; spf=none (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of jmg@gold.funkthat.com has no SPF policy when checking 208.87.223.18) smtp.mailfrom=jmg@gold.funkthat.com X-Spamd-Result: default: False [1.07 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; TO_DN_EQ_ADDR_SOME(0.00)[]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; IP_SCORE(-0.44)[ip: (-1.13), ipnet: 208.87.216.0/21(-0.57), asn: 32354(-0.45), country: US(-0.05)]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[funkthat.com]; AUTH_NA(1.00)[]; NEURAL_SPAM_MEDIUM(0.93)[0.933,0]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-0.63)[-0.627,0]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; R_SPF_NA(0.00)[]; FORGED_SENDER(0.30)[jmg@funkthat.com,jmg@gold.funkthat.com]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ASN(0.00)[asn:32354, ipnet:208.87.216.0/21, country:US]; FROM_NEQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[jmg@funkthat.com,jmg@gold.funkthat.com]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2] X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2020 19:23:44 -0000 Warner Losh wrote this message on Tue, Feb 25, 2020 at 17:46 -0700: > I think that the time has come to remove bktr(4) from the tree. This is for > PCI-only hardware that can't do better than SD capture. For its time > (~2000) it was a cool card. However, it's no longer relevant to FreeBSD and > is completely unused as far as I can tell. The bread crumbs in my searches > end around 2006 in the NYCBUG dmesg database. > > Comments? Please do, I was thinking of proposing this a year or two ago myself.. and I do remember the fun of R and B channel swaps making people look like smurfs! The fun times... -- John-Mark Gurney Voice: +1 415 225 5579 "All that I will do, has been done, All that I have, has not."