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Date:      Sun, 20 Mar 2022 14:43:49 +0000
From:      David Chisnall <theraven@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Chris <bsd-lists@BSDforge.com>
Cc:        Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org>, freebsd-stable stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Deprecating ISA sound cards
Message-ID:  <04DBD89A-A857-4790-BE3B-C3B90AD563EC@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <89c73d2114c1c7f8b5877e7174178a23@bsdforge.com>
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On 19 Mar 2022, at 21:24, Chris <bsd-lists@BSDforge.com> wrote:
>=20
> On 2022-03-18 09:08, 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
>> I have a review open to add deprecation notices:
>> https://reviews.freebsd.org/D34604
>> I expect to commit this in the near future, then MFC to stable
>> branches and remove these drivers from main. Please follow up if
>> there's a reason we should postpone the removal of any of these
>> drivers.
> This only hurts from a nostalgic perspective. Those GUS cards were =
incredible!
> I have a board running freebsd that has 2 GUS cards in it running

Exactly my reaction.  You can tell you=E2=80=99re old when drivers are =
removed from the tree for mainstream hardware that you never owned but =
wished that you could afford.

David




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