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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
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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

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Bob Bishop
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