Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2020 14:59:50 -0400 From: Charles Sprickman <spork@bway.net> To: Eugene Grosbein <eugen@grosbein.net> Cc: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>, "freebsd-arch@freebsd.org" <freebsd-arch@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD-STABLE Mailing List <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: The spkr driver Message-ID: <BB68BD3A-E31D-4766-A607-14C179E7C051@bway.net> In-Reply-To: <59da0908-6303-77b3-9052-73623651dddf@grosbein.net> References: <CANCZdfpTEkJHYNGs1zXnYjTA=Ng_yVXGFdyMjaOb6=wgbtYe2w@mail.gmail.com> <59da0908-6303-77b3-9052-73623651dddf@grosbein.net>
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> On Aug 28, 2020, at 12:36 PM, Eugene Grosbein <eugen@grosbein.net> wrote: > > 28.08.2020 23:25, Warner Losh wrote: > >> I'd like to retire the spkr driver. It was a cute hack before sound cards >> were ubiquitous, but it's not been kept up to date, and it's not clear that >> it still works.... It is still Giant locked, and though it's not a huge >> effort to do the locking I literally have no way to test it that I trust... >> >> Is anybody using it these days for anything? If not, I'd propose we >> de-orbit it before 13. If so, I need people to test patches to remove >> Giant... > > spkr works just fine in my stable/11 systems. I use it for routers on modern fanless hardware > to audio signalling like successfull completition of reboot (going to multi-user mode). Is this what pfsense/opnsense uses for the “booting complete” signal as well? If so, it’s very handy. Charles > > I'd like to keep it working. I'm ready to test patches. However, my CURRENT system lives in bhyve for the moment. > Though, I could try running CURRENT with one of my less important wireless AP systems built as NanoBSD, > so I can build and boot CURRENT-based image. > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"help
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