On Wed, Dec 15, 2021 at 9:52 AM Emmanuel Vadot <m...@bidouilliste.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Dec 2021 10:42:36 -0500 > Ed Maste <ema...@freebsd.org> wrote: > > > On Wed, 15 Dec 2021 at 10:27, Emmanuel Vadot <m...@bidouilliste.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hello all, > > > > > > I've noticed this /sbin/sconfig binary and after looking it's for > > > configuring Cronyx E1 PCI (PCI as in PCI, not PCIe). > > > The products pages ([1], [2]) seems to say that FreeBSD >=7 isn't > > > supported. > > > We currently only build the drivers for i386 (and they contain native > > > compiled code). > > > > > > Anyway, I'd like to remove this from the tree, I really doubt that > > > anyone uses this cards nowadays (or even E1) but just in case I send > > > this mail. > > > > I posted a similar query to -stable in 2020, at > > > https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2020-February/092037.html > > and did not get any response. > > > > I have D23928 for a deprecation notice for ce and cp. Gleb commented > > there that he'd offer to maintain them (and as part of that, removed > > sppp in 6aae3517ed25). > > > > I'm not sure I understand the logic here. > We're keeping drivers for museum grade hardware that no developer have > access to and likely no one uses nowadays just for an hypothetical > situation where someone will try to use those cards on FreeBSD 14 i386 > in 2021 ? > And we're doing that just because the drivers compiles ? > I've cc'd Gleb to see if he can shine some light on this. Warner
