Created attachment 247514 [details] Patch for ptx-kmod Legacy PCI-based hardware released around 2009 and 2010 that appears to be obsolete
I tried to do research on this hardware and only found handful of pages mentioning it dating 10 years or older. The hardware don't support the newer ISDB-S3 standard so I think it's safe to assume that users have moved on.
A commit in branch main references this bug: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/ports/commit/?id=56a1bfe5a41ac45bd7f4009a5b5fbcb94ff97a32 commit 56a1bfe5a41ac45bd7f4009a5b5fbcb94ff97a32 Author: Daniel Engberg <diizzy@FreeBSD.org> AuthorDate: 2024-01-22 19:43:49 +0000 Commit: Daniel Engberg <diizzy@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2024-01-22 19:58:36 +0000 multimedia/ptx-kmod: Deprecate and set expiration date to 2024-02-29 Legacy PCI-based hardware released around 2009 and 2010 that appears to be obsolete. I tried to do research on this hardware and only found a handful of pages mentioning it dating 10 years and older. The hardware don't support the newer ISDB-S3 standard so I think it's safe to assume that users have moved on. PR: 276184 Approved by: portmgr (maintainer timeout, 2+ weeks) multimedia/ptx-kmod/Makefile | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
A commit in branch main references this bug: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/ports/commit/?id=111e8ad37af43801e94e7f1063af164e56d36191 commit 111e8ad37af43801e94e7f1063af164e56d36191 Author: Hiroki Sato <hrs@FreeBSD.org> AuthorDate: 2024-02-08 02:49:34 +0000 Commit: Hiroki Sato <hrs@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2024-02-08 02:49:34 +0000 multimedia/ptx-kmod: Remove DEPRECATED This device is still available and popular in the Japanese market to record MPEG2-TS of the ISDB-T and ISDB-S services. It does not make sense to mark this deprecated only because the ISDB-S3 service is not supported: - S3 is a different standard and is not replacing the current ISDB-S. The adoption rate is only 15% as of 2023. - People are using this deive via PCI-to-PCIe bridge even on modern motherboards. - This driver has no build issue at this moment. PR: 276184 multimedia/ptx-kmod/Makefile | 3 --- 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)