Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2025 20:36:43 -0700 From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> To: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org> Cc: Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org>, src-committers <src-committers@freebsd.org>, "<dev-commits-src-all@freebsd.org>" <dev-commits-src-all@freebsd.org>, "<dev-commits-src-main@freebsd.org>" <dev-commits-src-main@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: git: cda74c35cb37 - main - firewire: Add deprecation notice Message-ID: <CANCZdfq1KdP9Sh3siz0=cJJ9QyLLeEBh9nsW_k-70fr6%2BBBBFw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <Z5mfsQom_kNSOvB_@FreeBSD.org> References: <202501231812.50NICZuA014875@gitrepo.freebsd.org> <Z5mfsQom_kNSOvB_@FreeBSD.org>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Tue, Jan 28, 2025, 8:25 PM Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org> wrote: > On Thu, Jan 23, 2025 at 06:12:35PM +0000, Ed Maste wrote: > > commit cda74c35cb37aa8ecb536aae8d93451eafec15df > > > > firewire: Add deprecation notice > > > > This was originally discussed as part of FreeBSD 15 planning, but did > > not happen in time. Add the deprecation notice now, with an > expectation > > that it will be removed before FreeBSD 16. > > Oh, but why? I use it with one of my external HDD boxen and it works fine. > It's Giant locked and we're hoping to clean up the giant havks in CAM. Many have been, so Giant locked sims may or may not work under load. While we rarely see 1394 ports these days on the new computers, adapters > are inexpensive and easily available on the market. There are people with > various camcorders which support video capture over 1934 and I remember > debugging over it was fast and easy to set up with the dcons(4) driver. > > So, might be reconsider this? If there are some outstanding issues with > it like Giant usage, I'll try to come up with some patches (allow for some > time as I'm not a seasoned kernel hacker). Thanks, > It'd Giant related. Good luck. Warner ./danfe > [-- Attachment #2 --] <div dir="auto"><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jan 28, 2025, 8:25 PM Alexey Dokuchaev <<a href="mailto:danfe@freebsd.org">danfe@freebsd.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On Thu, Jan 23, 2025 at 06:12:35PM +0000, Ed Maste wrote:<br> > commit cda74c35cb37aa8ecb536aae8d93451eafec15df<br> > <br> > firewire: Add deprecation notice<br> > <br> > This was originally discussed as part of FreeBSD 15 planning, but did<br> > not happen in time. Add the deprecation notice now, with an expectation<br> > that it will be removed before FreeBSD 16.<br> <br> Oh, but why? I use it with one of my external HDD boxen and it works fine.<br></blockquote></div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">It's Giant locked and we're hoping to clean up the giant havks in CAM. Many have been, so Giant locked sims may or may not work under load.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> While we rarely see 1394 ports these days on the new computers, adapters<br> are inexpensive and easily available on the market. There are people with<br> various camcorders which support video capture over 1934 and I remember<br> debugging over it was fast and easy to set up with the dcons(4) driver.<br> <br> So, might be reconsider this? If there are some outstanding issues with<br> it like Giant usage, I'll try to come up with some patches (allow for some<br> time as I'm not a seasoned kernel hacker). Thanks,<br></blockquote></div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">It'd Giant related. Good luck.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Warner</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> ./danfe<br> </blockquote></div></div></div>
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