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On Aug 29, 2013, at 3:15 AM, Kimmo Paasiala wrote:

> In reference to this FreeBSD forums post:
>=20
> http://forums.freebsd.org/showpost.php?p=3D231135&postcount=3D4
>=20
> Would it be a good time to remove those from GENERIC since the
> hardware they are for is becoming so seriously outdated?
>=20
> There's always an option to load those drivers as modules if needed.

No. It is not a good time to remove them. They aren't as out-dated as =
you might think, and there's literally dozens of other devices in =
GENERIC that have even less use today...

Warner