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Date:      Tue, 22 Nov 2005 14:20:40 -0500
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>
To:        Wilko Bulte <wb@freebie.xs4all.nl>
Cc:        cvs-src@freebsd.org, Marius Strobl <marius@freebsd.org>, src-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/conf files files.powerpc
Message-ID:  <200511221420.42115.jhb@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <20051122191058.GA79194@freebie.xs4all.nl>
References:  <200511221712.jAMHCnf0066273@repoman.freebsd.org> <200511221307.14098.jhb@freebsd.org> <20051122191058.GA79194@freebie.xs4all.nl>

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On Tuesday 22 November 2005 02:10 pm, Wilko Bulte wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 22, 2005 at 01:07:12PM -0500, John Baldwin wrote..
>
> > On Tuesday 22 November 2005 12:12 pm, Marius Strobl wrote:
> > > marius      2005-11-22 17:12:49 UTC
> > >
> > >   FreeBSD src repository
> > >
> > >   Modified files:
> > >     sys/conf             files files.powerpc
> > >   Log:
> > >   Move zs.c from files to files.powerpc as zs(4) by now is only
> > > supported on powerpc (more or less...). That way people updating from
> > > FreeBSD 5 to FreeBSD 6 and beyond on sparc64 will get an error from
> > > config(8) rather than a mysterious compile error when they have a stale
> > > 'device zs' in their kernel config file.
> > >
> > >   MFC after:      2 weeks
> >
> > I think some Alpha machines (4100?) also use zs(4) for serial console.
>
> zs(4)? Hmm, the only oddball Alpha in this sense that comes to mind
> is Turbolaser (AlphaServer 8[24]00)

Ah, in that case it can die a happy death.  It could also just use uart(4) now 
anyways.

-- 
John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>  <><  http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/
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