Deprecate fdc(4) and floppy utilities

Floppies have been obsolete for over a decade.  Add a deprecation note
now and plan to remove fdc(4) support in 16.

Reviewed by:	ziaee
Sponsored by:	The FreeBSD Foundation
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D41549

(cherry picked from commit 4c736cfc69)
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Ed Maste committed 2025-12-09 11:32:09 -05:00
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.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.Dd October 10, 2023
.Dd November 16, 2025
.Dt FDC 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -47,6 +47,12 @@ In
.Cd hint.fd.1.at="fdc0"
.Cd hint.fd.1.drive="1"
.Cd hint.fd.1.flags="0x0"
.Sh DEPRECATION NOTICE
The
.Nm
driver is deprecated and may not be present in
.Fx 16.0
and later.
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Ss Device Usage
This driver provides access to floppy disk drives.
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.\" USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH
.\" DAMAGE.
.\"
.Dd April 7, 2017
.Dd November 16, 2025
.Dt FDCONTROL 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@
.Op Fl s Ar fmtstr
.Op Fl v
.Ar device
.Sh DEPRECATION NOTICE
.Nm
is deprecated and may not be present in
.Fx 16.0
and later.
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
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.\" IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.Dd May 23, 2020
.Dd November 16, 2025
.Dt FDFORMAT 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@
.Op Fl s Ar fmtstr
.Op Fl nqvy
.Ar device
.Sh DEPRECATION NOTICE
.Nm
is deprecated and may not be present in
.Fx 16.0
and later.
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.\"
.Dd May 14, 2001
.Dd November 16, 2025
.Dt FDREAD 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@
.Op Fl d Ar device
.Fl I Ar numsects
.Op Fl t Ar trackno
.Sh DEPRECATION NOTICE
.Nm
is deprecated and may not be present in
.Fx 16.0
and later.
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
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.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
.\"
.\"
.Dd September 16, 1993
.Dd November 16, 2025
.Dt FDWRITE 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@
.Op Fl y
.Op Fl f Ar inputfile
.Op Fl d Ar device
.Sh DEPRECATION NOTICE
.Nm
is deprecated and may not be present in
.Fx 16.0
and later.
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm