Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2020 11:15:29 -0600 From: Justin Hibbits <chmeeedalf@gmail.com> To: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: "freebsd-arch@freebsd.org" <freebsd-arch@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Removing: bktr(4) Brooktree Video Capture card Message-ID: <20200226111529.4fbc69b2@titan.knownspace> In-Reply-To: <CANCZdfrjRqEF_c9Q0thvz19wPv=e%2BgjvrxB8txNMymgcz1uNkA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CANCZdfrjRqEF_c9Q0thvz19wPv=e%2BgjvrxB8txNMymgcz1uNkA@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, 25 Feb 2020 17:46:02 -0700 Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> wrote: > Greetings, > > I think that the time has come to remove bktr(4) from the tree. This > is for PCI-only hardware that can't do better than SD capture. For > its time (~2000) it was a cool card. However, it's no longer relevant > to FreeBSD and is completely unused as far as I can tell. The bread > crumbs in my searches end around 2006 in the NYCBUG dmesg database. > > Comments? > > Warner I had/have(?) one of these cards, and getting bktr(4) working for my card (ATI TV Wonder, non-VE) was one of my first contributions to FreeBSD, almost 16 years ago. Aside from being unused now, it's likely unusable, since at least in the US OTA is ATSC-only, and cable has done away with analog long ago, so it might be useful for old game consoles, maybe? Agreed, long since time to remove it. - Justin
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