Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 21:19:26 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@chello.nl> To: Richard Wackerbarth <rkw@dataplex.net> Cc: wc.bulte@chello.nl, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: asm_pci.h,v Holy cow! Message-ID: <20000424211926.B37284@yedi.wbnet> In-Reply-To: <00042414072202.09427@nomad.dataplex.net>; from rkw@dataplex.net on Mon, Apr 24, 2000 at 02:07:22PM -0500 References: <39041698.15FB7483@elischer.org> <00042413373504.09404@nomad.dataplex.net> <20000424210010.A37127@yedi.wbnet> <00042414072202.09427@nomad.dataplex.net>
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On Mon, Apr 24, 2000 at 02:07:22PM -0500, Richard Wackerbarth wrote: > On Mon, 24 Apr 2000, you wrote: > > > > 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 Alpha machines that download out-of-date firmware from their SRMs so depend 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. > > Sure it is. I certainly have a fine system without any SCSI adapter. > > The whole move toward loadable modules is to make the kernel into a > "cafeteria" rather than a "blue plate". > > That firmware is a required part of a particular driver is not in dispute. People were writing "port", not "module". For the isp firmware it is in some cases a mandatory part, in some cases a optional part of the driver. Matt can tell you more ;-) -- 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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