> On 28. Aug 2020, at 21:00, Charles Sprickman via freebsd-stable > <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> wrote: > > > >>> On Aug 28, 2020, at 12:36 PM, Eugene Grosbein <eu...@grosbein.net> wrote: >>> >>> 28.08.2020 23:25, Warner Losh wrote: >>> >>> I'd like to retire the spkr driver. It was a cute hack before sound cards >>> were ubiquitous, but it's not been kept up to date, and it's not clear that >>> it still works.... It is still Giant locked, and though it's not a huge >>> effort to do the locking I literally have no way to test it that I trust... >>> >>> Is anybody using it these days for anything? If not, I'd propose we >>> de-orbit it before 13. If so, I need people to test patches to remove >>> Giant... >> >> spkr works just fine in my stable/11 systems. I use it for routers on modern >> fanless hardware >> to audio signalling like successfull completition of reboot (going to >> multi-user mode). > > Is this what pfsense/opnsense uses for the “booting complete” signal as well? > > If so, it’s very handy.
Yes, please keep it if possible - especially for servers without other sound equipment attached it is very useful. I‘m usually not that much into testing but I could reactivate two little servers I have at home and test in my spare time if that helps. Thanx! Holger > Charles > >> >> I'd like to keep it working. I'm ready to test patches. However, my CURRENT >> system lives in bhyve for the moment. >> Though, I could try running CURRENT with one of my less important wireless >> AP systems built as NanoBSD, >> so I can build and boot CURRENT-based image. _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
