Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2022 14:51:48 -0800 From: Mark Millard <marklmi@yahoo.com> To: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>, freebsd-arch <freebsd-arch@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Dropping firewire support from boot loader Message-ID: <849BB304-8772-4B37-8842-E5CC3B89FBDF@yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <D894955D-22EF-4EFC-B584-962742917B3C@yahoo.com> References: <D894955D-22EF-4EFC-B584-962742917B3C@yahoo.com>
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On Nov 9, 2022, at 14:42, Mark Millard <marklmi@yahoo.com> wrote: > Warner Losh <imp_at_bsdimp.com> wrote on > Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2022 20:01:41 UTC : >=20 >> I'd like to drop firewire support from the boot loader. It's not been = used >> in quite some time, as far as I can tell. Nor have I (or anybody = else) >> tested it in forever. >>=20 >> Is anybody still using it? Does anybody know if it works? Any = objections to >> removing it from FreeBSD 14? >=20 > I would suggest that old PowerMac's might be the most > likely usage context. >=20 > I no longer have a PowerPC context of any kind. I mostly > booted from SATA SSD's back when I had access to working > PowerMacs. I've not been able to remember if I'd tried > FireWire based booting of FreeBSD or what the status was > if/when I did. >=20 > I did use the cross machine FireWire means of looking > into boot crashes, as it could report some console > output even after the display quit updating for some > problems I had. (I never had a serial console context > on any of the old PowerMacs.) I do not remember much > detail about this use. >=20 > I'm not sure if I can submit to freebsd-ppc any more but > I'll try for this reply. If it does not show up, you may > need to send your own message there if you want a message > about the issue there. FYI . . . I'm no longer a member of freebsd-ppc and can not submit to the list as long as that is the case: the message bounced back from freebsd-ppc for this reason. =3D=3D=3D Mark Millard marklmi at yahoo.com
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