Re: Deprecating ISA sound cards

Reply: Ed Maste : "Re: Deprecating ISA sound cards"
In reply to: Ed Maste : "Deprecating ISA sound cards"
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From: Joel Dahl <joel_at_vnode.se>
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2022 20:05:50 UTC

On Fri, Mar 18, 2022 at 12:08:02PM -0400, Ed Maste wrote:
> ISA sound cards have been obsolete for more than a decade, and it is
> (past) time to retire their drivers. This includes the following
> drivers/devices:
> 
> snd_ad1816  Analog Devices AD1816 SoundPort
> snd_ess     Ensoniq ESS
> snd_gusc    Gravis UltraSound
> snd_mss     Microsoft Sound System
> snd_sbc     Creative Sound Blaster

You can remove snd_aureal, snd_ds1 and snd_maestro as well while you're at it.
They've been broken for 10+ years:
https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-multimedia/2012-January/012751.html

-- 
Joel