Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2022 14:53:04 -0700 From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: freebsd-arch <freebsd-arch@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Dropping firewire support from boot loader Message-ID: <CANCZdfr5KLhWVtTsi7o6p14qACY3_fksHZzRtAL-K8B4zuAvzA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <A1183C13-644D-4F4B-9BF2-0BB8A03CC9D3@gid.co.uk> References: <D894955D-22EF-4EFC-B584-962742917B3C.ref@yahoo.com> <D894955D-22EF-4EFC-B584-962742917B3C@yahoo.com> <CANCZdfoasP-FgLc5nsCXXa5Q7oi2EZk-s7MNWsaJjrn1AFtjfA@mail.gmail.com> <A1183C13-644D-4F4B-9BF2-0BB8A03CC9D3@gid.co.uk>
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--000000000000e3d4a505ed24cc1d Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" I've created a diff: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D37334 Warner On Thu, Nov 10, 2022 at 3:07 AM Bob Bishop <rb@gid.co.uk> wrote: > Hi, > > > On 9 Nov 2022, at 23:55, Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > On Wed, Nov 9, 2022 at 3:42 PM Mark Millard <marklmi@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Warner Losh <imp_at_bsdimp.com> wrote on > > Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2022 20:01:41 UTC : > > > > > I'd like to drop firewire support from the boot loader. It's not been > used > > > in quite some time, as far as I can tell. Nor have I (or anybody else) > > > tested it in forever. > > > > > > Is anybody still using it? Does anybody know if it works? Any > objections to > > > removing it from FreeBSD 14? > > I think I still have hardware that will do this. I can check it out if > anyone cares... > > > I would suggest that old PowerMac's might be the most > > likely usage context. > > > > Right now, though, this is an i386 only feature... > > > > Warner > > -- > Bob Bishop > rb@gid.co.uk > > > > > --000000000000e3d4a505ed24cc1d Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">I've created a diff:=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://reviews.f= reebsd.org/D37334">https://reviews.freebsd.org/D37334</a><div><br></div><di= v>Warner</div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class= =3D"gmail_attr">On Thu, Nov 10, 2022 at 3:07 AM Bob Bishop <<a href=3D"m= ailto:rb@gid.co.uk">rb@gid.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class= =3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rg= b(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hi,<br> <br> > On 9 Nov 2022, at 23:55, Warner Losh <<a href=3D"mailto:imp@bsdimp.= com" target=3D"_blank">imp@bsdimp.com</a>> wrote:<br> > <br> > <br> > <br> > On Wed, Nov 9, 2022 at 3:42 PM Mark Millard <<a href=3D"mailto:mark= lmi@yahoo.com" target=3D"_blank">marklmi@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br> > Warner Losh <<a href=3D"http://imp_at_bsdimp.com" rel=3D"noreferrer= " target=3D"_blank">imp_at_bsdimp.com</a>> wrote on<br> > Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2022 20:01:41 UTC :<br> > <br> > > I'd like to drop firewire support from the boot loader. It= 9;s not been used<br> > > in quite some time, as far as I can tell. Nor have I (or anybody = else)<br> > > tested it in forever.<br> > > <br> > > Is anybody still using it? Does anybody know if it works? Any obj= ections to<br> > > removing it from FreeBSD 14?<br> <br> I think I still have hardware that will do this. I can check it out if anyo= ne cares... <br> <br> > I would suggest that old PowerMac's might be the most<br> > likely usage context.<br> > <br> > Right now, though, this is an i386 only feature...<br> > <br> > Warner<br> <br> --<br> Bob Bishop<br> <a href=3D"mailto:rb@gid.co.uk" target=3D"_blank">rb@gid.co.uk</a><br> <br> <br> <br> <br> </blockquote></div> --000000000000e3d4a505ed24cc1d--
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