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Date:      Sat, 2 Dec 2017 18:18:08 -0800
From:      Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com>
To:        "freebsd-arch@freebsd.org" <arch@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Deprecating / Removing floppy drive support
Message-ID:  <CAF6rxgm5MWX-wknWRp3pDBgaYZ%2BX6HY0hL5-XSBjoRpAmxyivQ@mail.gmail.com>

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Hi all,

I'd like to remove floppy drive support from FreeBSD:

- The physical media is no longer produced
- Computers produced in the last 10-15 years don't have a floppy drive reader
- There are still a few open bug reports relating to floppies(!)
- Its several thousand lines of code that could be removed

Is there any reason to continue supporting floppy drives in FreeBSD 12.0+?




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Eitan Adler



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