On 06/02/2026 02.03, Warner Losh wrote:
So, it's been years since this code compiled by default, and even more years
since they compiled at all.
Maybe 5 years ago, I contacted the OpenBSD folks, who said it had decayed
beyond uselessness. So I plan on just removing the bsd-user/openbsd code
shortly.
Maybe 4 years ago, someone from NetBSD popped up and said they had a fork
and they'd share it with me, but they never did, and we never reconnected
despite some email attempts since then. So, I'd like to remove the netbsd
directory as well.
Both of these are finally getting enough in the way that they are causing me
problems with upstreaming the bsd-user stuff. Now that I have a good head of
steam on doing that, I'd like to finish that process. Expect me to flood
your email in the coming months with way too many patches now that I've
found a way to streamline the process enough for me to sneak it into what
would otherwise be lost Friday afternoons...
Before I send the patch series to do this, I'd like to do a last and final
call for collaboration. I kept it around for this long in the hopes someone
would show up, but nobody ever did.
Please make sure to CC: at least the related people who are listed in the
MAINTAINERS file (done now). But if nobody speaks up, yes, I'd say go ahead
and remove the bitrotten code.
Thomas
