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Date:      Fri, 19 Oct 2012 15:33:09 +0100
From:      Tom Evans <tevans.uk@googlemail.com>
To:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Removing firewire support from GENERIC
Message-ID:  <CAFHbX1JXCFfW3u6T7P73PG6zb1089yM1wSBQvKaJ1Qomks%2BgSQ@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <86ehkufsj9.fsf@ds4.des.no>
References:  <86ehkufsj9.fsf@ds4.des.no>

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On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 3:25 PM, Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav <des@des.no> wrot=
e:
> 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 module?

Cheers

Tom



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