From owner-freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Tue Jan 28 09:52:42 2020 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 41D0F1FC501 for ; Tue, 28 Jan 2020 09:52:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rb@gid.co.uk) Received: from mx0.gid.co.uk (mx0.gid.co.uk [194.32.164.250]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 486MNn0wWNz3C0j for ; Tue, 28 Jan 2020 09:52:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rb@gid.co.uk) Received: from [194.32.164.27] ([194.32.164.27]) by mx0.gid.co.uk (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id 00S9qbJV011813; Tue, 28 Jan 2020 09:52:37 GMT (envelope-from rb@gid.co.uk) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 10.3 \(3273\)) Subject: Re: Removing vpo driver From: Bob Bishop In-Reply-To: Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2020 09:52:34 +0000 Cc: "freebsd-arch@freebsd.org" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: To: Warner Losh X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3273) X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 486MNn0wWNz3C0j X-Spamd-Bar: -- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; dmarc=none; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of rb@gid.co.uk designates 194.32.164.250 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=rb@gid.co.uk X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-2.29 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; TO_DN_EQ_ADDR_SOME(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-0.998,0]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+mx]; MV_CASE(0.50)[]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[gid.co.uk]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-0.998,0]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[250.164.32.194.list.dnswl.org : 127.0.10.0]; IP_SCORE(-0.59)[ip: (-2.14), ipnet: 194.32.164.0/24(-1.07), asn: 42831(0.33), country: GB(-0.08)]; RCVD_NO_TLS_LAST(0.10)[]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ASN(0.00)[asn:42831, ipnet:194.32.164.0/24, country:GB]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2] X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2020 09:52:42 -0000 Hi, > On 28 Jan 2020, at 00:56, Warner Losh wrote: >=20 > Greetings, >=20 > 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. >=20 > 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. >=20 > 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. >=20 > Comments? No objection here. FWIW the SCSI-connected ZIP100 drive should still work also (got one, = haven=E2=80=99t tried it recently). > Warner >=20 > P.S. https://reviews.freebsd.org/D23389 has the proposed changes. > _______________________________________________ > 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" >=20 -- Bob Bishop t: +44 (0)118 940 1243 rb@gid.co.uk m: +44 (0)783 626 4518