Re: PS/2 deprecation situation

On 19/07/2026 01:23, Tomoaki AOKI wrote:

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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!".

Maybe I missed some polls, but I am writing this e-mail on my 20+ years 
old Chicony Ergonomic PS/2 keyboard. I am not planning to replace it if 
it works, but I understand that most keyboards are USB or BT in these days.

> 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.
Thanks to Warner and others.

Best regards
Miroslav Lachman