Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 12:50:51 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: RFC: Removing support for TurboChannel machines from -current Message-ID: <20010727125051.A11811@freebie.xs4all.nl>
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After some discussion this is a 'formal' RFC for the following:
- removal of support for DEC3000/xxx ('Bird' series) machines
- removal of support for the related TurboChannel (TC) support code
- (of course) updating docs, release notes accordingly
Rationale: DEC3000 & TC support on FreeBSD/alpha has never been stellar
to start with. TC never made the transition to SCSI/CAM, making Birds
diskless-only boxes. Interest in both working on TC [SCSI] and testing
release candidates on Birds is negligable and has been so for a long time.
NetBSD/alpha has much better and complete support for the DEC3000 (the
alpha NetBSD port was born on them IIRC) so there is a suitable migration
path for DEC3000 owners.
Unless some **compelling** reasons are brought forward to *not* do this, TC
support is going away in -current. Support in -stable will go away at some
point in time as well. Whether this is before or after 4.4 is released
remains to be seen at the moment.
Wilko
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