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Re: Proposal: removing urio(4), Rio 500 MP3 player (1999), and Rio-related packages



> On Jan 2, 2020, at 10:16 AM, coypu%sdf.org@localhost wrote:
> 
> Hi folks,
> 
> urio(4) is a driver for Rio 500, an MP3 player released in 1999.
> It recently received some discussion due to problems detected
> during maxv's USB-fuzzing.

Yah, seems like a good candidate for nuking.

> 
> Since I expect there are very few functional devices left, I
> am proposing to delete this driver from NetBSD.
> 
> I'd also like to propose removing some of the Rio-related
> pkgsrc packages:
> audio/rio500
> 	last intentional commit seems to be in the year 2000
> audio/rio
> 	for an even older model, last commit that seemed to have
> 	used the package is in 2000
> audio/rioutil
> 	updated in 2007, a blind update saying "I don't
> 	own such devices any more".
> 
> Please respond if you use this device or see a purpose in
> keeping the driver or packages. otherwise I will remove
> these packages and the driver in a month.

-- thorpej



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