From owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 30 20:52:41 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B74EF16A44A for ; Tue, 30 Aug 2005 20:52:41 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rik@cronyx.ru) Received: from hanoi.cronyx.ru (hanoi.cronyx.ru [144.206.181.53]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1016A43D45 for ; Tue, 30 Aug 2005 20:52:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rik@cronyx.ru) Received: (from root@localhost) by hanoi.cronyx.ru (8.13.0/vak/3.0) id j7UKnYus015279 for cvs-all@FreeBSD.org.checked; Wed, 31 Aug 2005 00:49:34 +0400 (MSD) (envelope-from rik@cronyx.ru) Received: from cronyx.ru (localhost.cronyx.ru [127.0.0.1]) by hanoi.cronyx.ru (8.13.0/vak/3.0) with ESMTP id j7UKmnBc010865; Wed, 31 Aug 2005 00:48:49 +0400 (MSD) (envelope-from rik@cronyx.ru) Message-ID: <4314C3F6.8050006@cronyx.ru> Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 00:39:18 +0400 From: Roman Kurakin User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; ru-RU; rv:1.2.1) Gecko/20030426 X-Accept-Language: ru-ru, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: John Baldwin References: <200508261342.j7QDg4gc052237@repoman.freebsd.org> <431459EB.8070405@cronyx.ru> <200508301412.09936.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <200508301412.09936.jhb@FreeBSD.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/conf files.i386 src/sys/modules Makefile src/sys/modules/el Makefile src/sys/i386/conf NOTES src/sys/i386/isa if_el.c if_elreg.h X-BeenThere: cvs-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the entire tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 20:52:42 -0000 John Baldwin: >On Tuesday 30 August 2005 09:06 am, Roman Kurakin wrote: > > >>John Baldwin wrote: >> >> >>>jhb 2005-08-26 13:42:04 UTC >>> >>> FreeBSD src repository >>> >>> Modified files: >>> sys/conf files.i386 >>> sys/modules Makefile >>> sys/i386/conf NOTES >>> Removed files: >>> sys/modules/el Makefile >>> sys/i386/isa if_el.c if_elreg.h >>> Log: >>> Remove the el(4) driver for 3Com 3c501 ISA NICs from HEAD as threatened >>> earlier as no one has stepped up to test recent changes to the driver. >>> Oddly, the module was actually turned on on ia64 though I'm fairly >>>certain that no ia64 machine has ever had or will ever have an ISA slot. >>> >>> >>I can find a link to an external bridge for ISA if you want. >>I don't know if it would work under FreeBSD, but you >>may try to run ISA card on ia64 that way. >>You may even try to made this device by yourself if the >>soldering iron is your friend. >> >>rik >> >> > >The ia64 comment was more that the module probably shouldn't have been enabled >on ia64 in the first place. Why would you want to hack up a way to stick an >8-bit ISA 10Mbit ethernet card in a machine that probably has at least one >(probably two or more) 10/100 (if not gige) builtin NICs. > I think that there is almost no one who may want to, but it is possible. The comment was about ability, in case you may want to use it, not a particular case. Sorry for the noise. rik > > >