From owner-freebsd-isdn Tue May 11 1: 0: 3 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-isdn@freebsd.org Received: from hcsext.hcs.de (hcsext.hcs.de [194.123.40.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 84DE215C39 for ; Tue, 11 May 1999 00:59:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from hm@hcs.de) Received: from hcswork.hcs.de([192.76.124.5]) (2435 bytes) by hcsext.hcs.de via sendmail with P:smtp/R:inet_hosts/T:smtp (sender: ) id for ; Tue, 11 May 1999 09:59:10 +0200 (CEST) (Smail-3.2.0.104 1998-Nov-20 #1 built 1998-Dec-11) Received: by hcswork.hcs.de (Smail3.1.29.0 #12) id m10h7RT-00005UC; Tue, 11 May 99 09:59 METDST Message-Id: From: hm@hcs.de (Hellmuth Michaelis) Subject: Re: isdn4bsd beta 0.80 released In-Reply-To: from Dirk Meyer at "May 10, 99 10:08:57 pm" To: dirk.meyer@dinoex.sub.org (Dirk Meyer) Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 09:59:06 +0200 (METDST) Cc: freebsd-isdn@FreeBSD.ORG Reply-To: hm@hcs.de Organization: HCS Hanseatischer Computerservice GmbH X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL39 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 1597 Sender: owner-freebsd-isdn@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > Buy a new SCSI controller. 0.8x (i think there will be an 0.81) will be the > > last release to support FreeBSD < 3.x. > > [Imagine on] > What will I have to do? > I buy an new ISA controller .. > ... hmm only PCI to found ... > I by an new Motherboard ... > ... with new RAM ... > ... and an new Vidocard ... > ... ahhh, need an ATX power supply ... > ... and a new tower case ... > WHere do I put my serial cards ?? > ... my old board is full with 8 ISA slots ... > ... I may shift to an PCI isa-card ... > ... need a new multiport .... > Looking back I might keep my keyboard and the ISDN card. > [Imagine off] There are several other ways to go, such as buying used hardware or writing a driver for your card - its just like in the real life, at some point one has to invest either time or money as things don't tend to stay the way they used to be: you all know that. Other than that, i consider 0.8x stable in such a way, that it will continue to run for a long time. Bottom line is, that 0.8x will be the last release to support FreeBSD < 3, the source is already cluttered with ifdefs and stange constructs for that and i _will_ remove this mess to keep it easily maintainable. I'm sorry for the problems this will cause but i have to draw a line somewhere. hellmuth -- Hellmuth Michaelis Tel +49 40 559747-70 HCS Hanseatischer Computerservice GmbH Fax +49 40 559747-77 Oldesloer Strasse 97-99 Mail hm [at] hcs.de 22457 Hamburg WWW http://www.hcs.de To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isdn" in the body of the message