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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
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Hi,

I do have hardware still, but the driver isn=E2=80=99t in GENERIC so I =
can=E2=80=99t test without doing a big build.

> On 10 Nov 2022, at 21:53, Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> wrote:
>=20
> I've created a diff: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D37334
>=20
> Warner
>=20
> On Thu, Nov 10, 2022 at 3:07 AM Bob Bishop <rb@gid.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi,
>=20
> > On 9 Nov 2022, at 23:55, Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> wrote:
> >=20
> >=20
> >=20
> > 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 :
> >=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 think I still have hardware that will do this. I can check it out if =
anyone cares...=20
>=20
> > I would suggest that old PowerMac's might be the most
> > likely usage context.
> >=20
> > Right now, though, this is an i386 only feature...
> >=20
> > Warner
>=20
> --
> Bob Bishop
> rb@gid.co.uk
>=20
>=20
>=20
>=20

--
Bob Bishop
rb@gid.co.uk







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