Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 08:30:57 -0800 From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Bob Bishop <rb@gid.co.uk>, Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: "freebsd-arch@freebsd.org" <freebsd-arch@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Removing vpo driver Message-ID: <b920ca90-64ad-ca49-40ee-9f6cd1b399f6@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <F7FF36CC-6F98-467F-9EBC-D6D2F64CEE35@gid.co.uk> References: <CANCZdfqrFhX%2B1ZLeuBmp337rP7dBk4Q7NROdW-w=mpFLMqpTEw@mail.gmail.com> <F7FF36CC-6F98-467F-9EBC-D6D2F64CEE35@gid.co.uk>
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On 1/28/20 9:52 AM, Bob Bishop wrote: > Hi, > >> On 28 Jan 2020, at 00:56, Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> wrote: >> >> Greetings, >> >> Unless there's a concrete objection, and some indication it has been used >> in FreeBSD 12 or later, I plan on removing it after FOSDEM sometime. >> >> This driver is for the ZIP100 drive (the 100MB floppy) connected via a >> parallel port. This hasn't been relevant for 20 years since the industry >> has moved on. The umass driver supports the USB version of the ZIP100 drive >> and I used last summer to recover a dozen zip discs for a friend. This >> provides a migration path for those that may need it for $15-$25 on ebay >> depending on your luck. >> >> Given the lack of changes to this drive, and the massive changes in the >> system since it was written, I'd be greatly surprised if it still worked on >> relevant hardware. >> >> Comments? > > No objection here. > > FWIW the SCSI-connected ZIP100 drive should still work also (got one, haven’t tried it recently). No, that used the wds(4) driver which I removed prior to 12.0. No one tested patches to remove Giant from it when I had posted them. -- John Baldwin
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