Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2012 10:38:11 -0400 From: Justin Hibbits <jrh29@alumni.cwru.edu> To: Tom Evans <tevans.uk@googlemail.com> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Removing firewire support from GENERIC Message-ID: <CAHSQbTCDo%2Bh5waNS4RWfXwHUTcy9Bo2WqWHtYOvuUb2XXU%2BvmA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAFHbX1JXCFfW3u6T7P73PG6zb1089yM1wSBQvKaJ1Qomks%2BgSQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <86ehkufsj9.fsf@ds4.des.no> <CAFHbX1JXCFfW3u6T7P73PG6zb1089yM1wSBQvKaJ1Qomks%2BgSQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 10:33 AM, Tom Evans <tevans.uk@googlemail.com>wrote= : > On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 3:25 PM, Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav <des@des.no> wrote= : > > Firewire is > > > > - a significant security risk > > - an obstacle to functining suspend / resume on many systems > > - rapidly becoming obsolete > > - available as a module > > > > The attached patch removes it from GENERIC across the board. Any > > serious objections before I commit it to head? > > > > DES > > Hi DES > > Would dcons over firewire still work in GENERIC, with firewire as a modul= e? > > Cheers > > Tom Yes, dcons would still work. I routinely use dcons with firewire as a module for debugging on PowerPC. I have no issue with removing it on PowerPC. Every situation I can think of (dcons, booting from firewire disk) I've already tested with firewire as a module, and my custom kernels will continue to have it built by default anyway. - Justin
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