Re: removing the agp(4) driver

On Thu, 5 Sept 2024 at 09:43, Mark Johnston <markj@freebsd.org> wrote:
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> I'd like to propose removing the agp(4) driver in FreeBSD 15.0.

It looks like there are some recent NYC*BUG dmesgd submissions showing
currently supported versions of FreeBSD running on agp hardware. Most
are i386 but there's at least one amd64 case.

Despite that I think it makes sense to remove agp for FreeBSD 15. The
hardware was already being phased out of mainstream systems two
decades ago and is now obsolete. I don't imagine the development
effort to move the driver out from Giant is worth the cost and folks
with old hardware who need agp graphics can continue to use FreeBSD
14.x. It's supported through 2028.