Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 17:13:58 -0400 From: Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> To: Josh Paetzel <josh@tcbug.org> Cc: "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Tracking down devices in the Hardware Notes Message-ID: <20040826171358.42d9da84@localhost.pittgoth.com> In-Reply-To: <200408260809.27146.josh@tcbug.org> References: <20040824211131.GK760@zaphod.nitro.dk> <1093383676.725.123.camel@localhost> <20040826124356.GD707@arthur.nitro.dk> <200408260809.27146.josh@tcbug.org>
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On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 08:09:27 -0500 Josh Paetzel <josh@tcbug.org> wrote: > On Thursday 26 August 2004 07:43, you wrote: > > On 2004.08.24 14:41:17 -0700, Bruce A. Mah wrote: > > > On Tue, 2004-08-24 at 14:11, Simon L. Nielsen wrote: > > > > While working on the Harware Notes I have found two device > > > > entries where I can't really determine which driver is supposed > > > > to support them. > > > > > > > > Both were in version 1.1 of common/dev.sgml and not in the old > > > > HARDWARE.TXT. I also tried grepping in the source tree, but > > > > that hasn't helped in finding in the guilty drivers... The > > > > devices are: > > > > > > > > Seagate ST01/02 SCSI controllers > > > > Future Domain 8xx/950 series SCSI controllers > > > > > > I just popped in disc1 from 4.1-RELEASE/i386 (the oldest CD-ROM > > > set in front of me right now [1]) and both of these devices are > > > mentioned in RELNOTES.TXT as being "not supported by the new CAM > > > subsystem". This was a time when the release notes listed > > > supported hardware, partially (but not completely) duplicating > > > HARDWARE.TXT. > > > > > > I'm not sure what the state of these devices are now, or what > > > drivers they were mapped to. But that gives you a pretty good > > > idea how old they are. If no one speaks up after a suitable > > > amount of time, I'd say just nuke 'em. :-) > > > > OK, thanks I think I will just poke -current and see if anybody > > knows these devices, and nuke them if not. > > > > > [1] It still had the shrink wrap on it until ten minutes ago. I > > > hope this wasn't like cutting the tag off a Beanie Baby. > > > > Hehe :-). > > I'm not sure if I'm following this thread correctly. :-/ > > The Future Domain 850/9** SCSI controllers haven't been supported > since the 2.x days. (Not really a big loss, they are 8 bit ISA > cards) > > -- > Thanks, > > Josh Paetzel > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-doc@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-doc > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-doc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Tom Rhodes
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