Re: Dropping firewire support from boot loader

I've created a diff: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D37334

Warner

On Thu, Nov 10, 2022 at 3:07 AM Bob Bishop <rb@gid.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi,
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> > On 9 Nov 2022, at 23:55, Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> wrote:
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> > 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 :
> >
> > > 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?
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> I think I still have hardware that will do this. I can check it out if
> anyone cares...
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> > I would suggest that old PowerMac's might be the most
> > likely usage context.
> >
> > Right now, though, this is an i386 only feature...
> >
> > Warner
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> Bob Bishop
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