Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 00:39:18 +0400 From: Roman Kurakin <rik@cronyx.ru> To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> 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 Message-ID: <4314C3F6.8050006@cronyx.ru> In-Reply-To: <200508301412.09936.jhb@FreeBSD.org> References: <200508261342.j7QDg4gc052237@repoman.freebsd.org> <431459EB.8070405@cronyx.ru> <200508301412.09936.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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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 > > >
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