svn commit: r339563 - in head: . share/man/man4 sys/conf sys/dev/joy sys/modules sys/modules/joy sys/sys tools/kerneldoc/subsys

[Warner Losh]

On Wed, Oct 24, 2018 at 2:36 PM Warner Losh <imp at bsdimp.com> wrote:

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> On Wed, Oct 24, 2018 at 9:42 AM Jan Beich <jbeich at freebsd.org> wrote:
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>> Warner Losh <imp at FreeBSD.org> writes:
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>> > Author: imp
>> > Date: Mon Oct 22 02:34:00 2018
>> > New Revision: 339563
>> > URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/339563
>> >
>> > Log:
>> >   Remove joy(4) driver.
>> >
>> >   This driver was marked as gone in 12. We're at 13 now. Remove it.
>> >   Data from nycbug's dmesg cache shows only one potential user,
>> >   suggesting it never was used much.
>> >
>> >   RelNotes: yes
>> >   Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D17629
>>
>> Breaking userland API but not bothering with an exp-run or bumping
>> __FreeBSD_version.
>> Is the following the pointy hat you were looking for?
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>> https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/graphics-freeglut-fails-to-build-sys-joystick-h-not-found.68002/
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>
> Your tone is not acceptable. Please try again, only this time with the
> required level of professionalism. I'm not an idiot, and you will treat me
> with respect.
>
> This driver was flagged for removal in 12 ages ago and the port failed to
> update to take that deprecation into account. So this tone is out of line.
> You can use the bump to 1300000 as the version to fix it. I didn't bump the
> revision because it wasn't needed.
>

I posted a patch to the port that makes it compile for me to that thread.
If there's confirmation that it works, i'll work with x11 at freebsd.org to
get it pushed in. Or just push it in myself since I'm on that list and I'm
a ports committer.

Warner