Re: Dropping firewire support from boot loader

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 <imp@bsdimp.com> wrote:
> 
> 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,
> 
>> 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?
> 
> 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
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