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Date:      Fri, 18 Mar 2022 21:05:50 +0100
From:      Joel Dahl <joel@vnode.se>
To:        Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-stable stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Deprecating ISA sound cards
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On Fri, Mar 18, 2022 at 12:08:02PM -0400, Ed Maste wrote:
> ISA sound cards have been obsolete for more than a decade, and it is
> (past) time to retire their drivers. This includes the following
> drivers/devices:
> 
> snd_ad1816  Analog Devices AD1816 SoundPort
> snd_ess     Ensoniq ESS
> snd_gusc    Gravis UltraSound
> snd_mss     Microsoft Sound System
> snd_sbc     Creative Sound Blaster

You can remove snd_aureal, snd_ds1 and snd_maestro as well while you're at it.
They've been broken for 10+ years:
https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-multimedia/2012-January/012751.html

-- 
Joel



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