Re: Deprecating ISA sound cards

On 2022-03-18 09:08, 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
> 
> I have a review open to add deprecation notices:
> https://reviews.freebsd.org/D34604
> 
> I expect to commit this in the near future, then MFC to stable
> branches and remove these drivers from main. Please follow up if
> there's a reason we should postpone the removal of any of these
> drivers.
This only hurts from a nostalgic perspective. Those GUS cards were 
incredible!
I have a board running freebsd that has 2 GUS cards in it running
simultaneously. Sniff... cést la vié