On Thu, Jan 18, 2024 at 09:23:05PM +0000, Brooks Davis wrote: > On Thu, Jan 18, 2024 at 08:15:07PM +0000, Marius Strobl wrote: > > The branch stable/14 has been updated by marius: > > > > URL: > > https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=d6ec20a3091924793576ba3fd71f42d4fcd3371f > > > > commit d6ec20a3091924793576ba3fd71f42d4fcd3371f > > Author: Marius Strobl <[email protected]> > > AuthorDate: 2024-01-14 08:31:26 +0000 > > Commit: Marius Strobl <[email protected]> > > CommitDate: 2024-01-18 20:14:46 +0000 > > > > geom_map(4): Garbage collect disconnected driver > > > > The last MIPS user has been removed in c09981f1 2 years ago, the last > > ARM one in 58d5c511 even 5.5 years ago. > > Unless this and geom_redboot were getting in the way of MFCing other > work, it seems a bit odd to MFC the removal of functionality. Yes, the motivation here is to simplify merges for code that no longer can be tested in either main or stable. Recently, I wasted a considerable amount of time trying to figure out how on earth I'm supposed to even just compile-test the code in sys/arm/ti when only a fraction of it is hooked up to the build until I found 3416e102 (which removes most but not all glue for sys/arm/ti from the kernel config files).
Apart from that, unlike as with say le(4) (which also can be used by emulated and virtualized x86 guests) or sys/mips, I don't see which net "functionality" is removed in these two cases that wasn't already gone when sys/mips has been removed prior to branching stable/14. Marius
