Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2020 17:56:35 -0700 From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> To: "freebsd-arch@freebsd.org" <freebsd-arch@freebsd.org> Subject: Removing vpo driver Message-ID: <CANCZdfqrFhX%2B1ZLeuBmp337rP7dBk4Q7NROdW-w=mpFLMqpTEw@mail.gmail.com>
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Greetings, Unless there's a concrete objection, and some indication it has been used in FreeBSD 12 or later, I plan on removing it after FOSDEM sometime. This driver is for the ZIP100 drive (the 100MB floppy) connected via a parallel port. This hasn't been relevant for 20 years since the industry has moved on. The umass driver supports the USB version of the ZIP100 drive and I used last summer to recover a dozen zip discs for a friend. This provides a migration path for those that may need it for $15-$25 on ebay depending on your luck. Given the lack of changes to this drive, and the massive changes in the system since it was written, I'd be greatly surprised if it still worked on relevant hardware. Comments? Warner P.S. https://reviews.freebsd.org/D23389 has the proposed changes.
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