Re: PS/2 deprecation situation

On Sun, 19 Jul 2026 00:16:48 +0300
Peter Pentchev <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Sun, Jul 19, 2026 at 12:09:39AM +0300, Peter Pentchev wrote:
> > On Sat, Jul 18, 2026 at 10:15:22PM +0200, vermaden wrote:
> > > 
> > > > What is the reason to remove it?
> > > > Isn't it reasonable to keep it and,
> > > > if needed, adapt it to current needs?
> > > 
> > > If You would ask me - then I would just 'keep' it - I do not see any reason to remove it.
> > 
> > Note that I am ot...
> [snip]
> > [...] comromise [...]
> [snip]
> > their continued maintenance - actual users actually, wel, use them :)
> > Stil, [...]
> [snip even more dropped letters every here and there]
> 
> ...and it is a bit ironic that I would reply to a thread about PS/2
> keyboard support and write my reply on a (different type of) keyboard
> that is having more and more problems with keypresses not registering.
> 
> Apologies if anyone found my message difficult to read because of that :)
> 
> G'luck,
> Peter
> 
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The point of the deprecation notice is to make FreeBSD kernel
"Giant Lock Free", and almost all others are fixed (IIRC, mostly
devices on non-ISA buses) or removed (IIRC, mostly ISA bus only
and old, unused devices). Actual deletions would mean "OK,
this is too hard to fix and no one states using it on polls.
Let's remove!".

IIRC, Warner and some others are still trying to fix PS/2
device drivers but in relatively lower priorities compared
to his / their other works.

And as vermaden already noted, these are too important
and still widely and actually used, the schedule is slipped
(delayed) several major releases, rather than giving up and
removing.

And I believe this is the better way to go.

Regards.

-- 
Tomoaki AOKI    <[email protected]>