Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Fri, 19 Oct 2012 16:25:14 +0200
From:      =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no>
To:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Removing firewire support from GENERIC
Message-ID:  <86ehkufsj9.fsf@ds4.des.no>

next in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Firewire is

 - a significant security risk
 - an obstacle to functining suspend / resume on many systems
 - rapidly becoming obsolete
 - available as a module

The attached patch removes it from GENERIC across the board.  Any
serious objections before I commit it to head?

DES
--=20
Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no



Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?86ehkufsj9.fsf>