Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2022 22:40:16 +0000 From: Bob Bishop <rb@gid.co.uk> To: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: freebsd-arch <freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Dropping firewire support from boot loader Message-ID: <8AED1B55-8756-402E-8749-4433639CBA19@gid.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <CANCZdfr5KLhWVtTsi7o6p14qACY3_fksHZzRtAL-K8B4zuAvzA@mail.gmail.com> References: <D894955D-22EF-4EFC-B584-962742917B3C@yahoo.com> <CANCZdfoasP-FgLc5nsCXXa5Q7oi2EZk-s7MNWsaJjrn1AFtjfA@mail.gmail.com> <A1183C13-644D-4F4B-9BF2-0BB8A03CC9D3@gid.co.uk> <CANCZdfr5KLhWVtTsi7o6p14qACY3_fksHZzRtAL-K8B4zuAvzA@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi, I do have hardware still, but the driver isn’t in GENERIC so I can’t test without doing a big build. > On 10 Nov 2022, at 21:53, Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> wrote: > > I've created a diff: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D37334 > > Warner > > On Thu, Nov 10, 2022 at 3:07 AM Bob Bishop <rb@gid.co.uk> wrote: > Hi, > > > On 9 Nov 2022, at 23:55, Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > On Wed, Nov 9, 2022 at 3:42 PM Mark Millard <marklmi@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Warner Losh <imp_at_bsdimp.com> wrote on > > Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2022 20:01:41 UTC : > > > > > 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. > > > > > > Is anybody still using it? Does anybody know if it works? Any objections to > > > removing it from FreeBSD 14? > > I think I still have hardware that will do this. I can check it out if anyone cares... > > > I would suggest that old PowerMac's might be the most > > likely usage context. > > > > Right now, though, this is an i386 only feature... > > > > Warner > > -- > Bob Bishop > rb@gid.co.uk > > > > -- Bob Bishop rb@gid.co.ukhelp
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