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Date:      Tue, 18 Oct 2005 13:33:48 +0100
From:      Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com>
To:        Norikatsu Shigemura <nork@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        freebsd-net@FreeBSD.org, avatar@mmlab.cse.yzu.edu.tw, freebsd-firewire@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: fwe -> fwip in GENERIC?
Message-ID:  <F1E6339E-A169-4FE1-BA26-9647A5DD8499@nlsystems.com>
In-Reply-To: <20051018212123.8865775e.nork@FreeBSD.org>
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On 18 Oct 2005, at 13:21, Norikatsu Shigemura wrote:

> On Mon, 17 Oct 2005 10:12:18 +0100
> Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> wrote:
>
>> The fwip implementation should be fully compatible with the RFC
>> standard. I'm happy for fwip to replace fwe in GENERIC unless anyone
>> else has an objection.
>>
>
>     I disagree.  Because fwip and fwe can exist together.
>     So I think that fwip should be added to GENERIC.

Sure - both drivers are tiny and they don't step on each others toes.  
Longer term, I think we should try to phase out the fwe driver since  
it doesn't interoperate with any other systems (except Df, I guess).





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