Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2022 10:07:27 +0000 From: Bob Bishop <rb@gid.co.uk> To: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: Mark Millard <marklmi@yahoo.com>, freebsd-arch <freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.org>, FreeBSD PowerPC ML <freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Dropping firewire support from boot loader Message-ID: <A1183C13-644D-4F4B-9BF2-0BB8A03CC9D3@gid.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <CANCZdfoasP-FgLc5nsCXXa5Q7oi2EZk-s7MNWsaJjrn1AFtjfA@mail.gmail.com> References: <D894955D-22EF-4EFC-B584-962742917B3C.ref@yahoo.com> <D894955D-22EF-4EFC-B584-962742917B3C@yahoo.com> <CANCZdfoasP-FgLc5nsCXXa5Q7oi2EZk-s7MNWsaJjrn1AFtjfA@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi, > On 9 Nov 2022, at 23:55, Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> wrote: >=20 >=20 >=20 > 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 : >=20 > > 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. > >=20 > > 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...=20 > I would suggest that old PowerMac's might be the most > likely usage context. >=20 > Right now, though, this is an i386 only feature... >=20 > Warner -- Bob Bishop rb@gid.co.uk
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