Re: sound(4) purge candidates

Hello Tomek,

Tomek CEDRO wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 23, 2024 at 7:33 PM Christos Margiolis wrote:
> >
> > I compiled the following list of PCI drivers that we could possibly
> > purge. I've included the drivers that have either never been referenced
> > in NYC*BUG dmesgd [1] or whose last reference is prior to 2010.
> >
> > snd_als4000     never (only auto-loaded by snd_driver.ko)
> > snd_atiixp      never
> > snd_cmi         2004
> > snd_cs4281      2020 (OpenBSD), 2004 (FreeBSD)
> > snd_csa         2006 (as well as a single 2020 reference)
> > snd_emu10k1     2006
> > snd_envy24      never
> > snd_envy24ht    2018 (only reference)
> > snd_es137x      2004
> > snd_fm801       never (only auto-loaded by snd_driver.ko)
> > snd_neomagic    2004
> > snd_solo        2004
> > snd_spicds      never
> > snd_t4dwave     2004
> > snd_via8233     2005
> > snd_via82c686   2004
> > snd_vibes       never (only auto-loaded by snd_driver.ko)
> 
> If these PCI drivers work fine then I would leave them as is. I have
> three SounBlaster Live/Audigy cards that works fine here on FreeBSD
> but not on Windoze anymore.. they enforce buying new hardware just
> because drivers are unsupported. We do not want that on BSD. If
> something works fine then don't touch it :-)

No objection to keep supporting drivers that are still in use, even if
by a few users. I only want to make sure that we do not keep stuff that
is clearly _not_ used/working anymore.

Christos