Re: Dropping firewire support from boot loader
Bob Bishop <[email protected]>
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I wrote: > I do have hardware still, but the driver isn’t in GENERIC so I can’t test without doing a big build. As you were. I’ll see if I can get an install done with firewire.ko > On 10 Nov 2022, at 21:53, Warner Losh <[email protected]> wrote: > > I've created a diff: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D37334 > > Warner > > On Thu, Nov 10, 2022 at 3:07 AM Bob Bishop <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > >> On 9 Nov 2022, at 23:55, Warner Losh <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> On Wed, Nov 9, 2022 at 3:42 PM Mark Millard <[email protected]> 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 > [email protected] > > > > -- Bob Bishop [email protected]