Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2020 21:18:39 +0200 From: Robert Clausecker <fuz@fuz.su> To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: The spkr driver Message-ID: <20200828191839.GA65243@fuz.su> In-Reply-To: <CANCZdfpTEkJHYNGs1zXnYjTA=Ng_yVXGFdyMjaOb6=wgbtYe2w@mail.gmail.com> References: <CANCZdfpTEkJHYNGs1zXnYjTA=Ng_yVXGFdyMjaOb6=wgbtYe2w@mail.gmail.com>
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I use spkr(4) to locate servers by sound. Very handy! Losing this device would be quite a disadvantage. Can't imagine PC-compatibles without the little beeps they make. Yours, Robert Clausecker On Fri, Aug 28, 2020 at 10:25:06AM -0600, Warner Losh wrote: > Greetings, > > 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... > > Warner > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-arch@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-arch > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-arch-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- () ascii ribbon campaign - for an 8-bit clean world /\ - against html email - against proprietary attachments
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