Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 21:00:10 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@chello.nl> To: Richard Wackerbarth <rkw@dataplex.net> Cc: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: asm_pci.h,v Holy cow! Message-ID: <20000424210010.A37127@yedi.wbnet> In-Reply-To: <00042413373504.09404@nomad.dataplex.net>; from rkw@dataplex.net on Mon, Apr 24, 2000 at 01:43:44PM -0500 References: <39041698.15FB7483@elischer.org> <200004241536.LAA33905@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> <39046BF1.1CFBAE39@elischer.org> <00042413373504.09404@nomad.dataplex.net>
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On Mon, Apr 24, 2000 at 01:43:44PM -0500, Richard Wackerbarth wrote: > On Mon, 24 Apr 2000, Julian Elischer wrote: > > > This seems well thought out and I certainly agree that we don't need > > DIFFs of firmware. > > I wonder if we can somehow "cheat time" and get that 13MB file out of > > the source tree and retro-actively tag the new scheme so > > that we don't have to carry it around forever :-) > > It looks like a port, > Smells like a port, > and tastes like a port. > It must be a ..... > > merlot ? > > Seriously, perhaps we should consider putting optional pieces of the kernel Firmware for a SCSI adapter is not optional. At least not on some of the Alpha machines that download out-of-date firmware from their SRMs so depend on the driver to load them with something up-to-date. -- Wilko Bulte Powered by FreeBSD http://www.freebsd.org http://www.tcja.nl To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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