Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 00:04:19 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: Scott Long <scottl@freebsd.org> Cc: cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Floppies for ALPHA [Re: cvs commit: src/sys/conf files.alpha src/sys/alpha/conf GENERIC NOTES] Message-ID: <20030721220419.GA909@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <3F1C6216.3020006@freebsd.org> References: <200307211915.h6LJFPJY054212@repoman.freebsd.org> <20030721214042.GA563@freebie.xs4all.nl> <3F1C6216.3020006@freebsd.org>
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On Mon, Jul 21, 2003 at 03:58:46PM -0600, Scott Long wrote: > Wilko Bulte wrote: > >On Mon, Jul 21, 2003 at 12:15:25PM -0700, Bernd Walter wrote: > > > >>ticso 2003/07/21 12:15:25 PDT > >> > >> FreeBSD src repository > >> > >> Modified files: > >> sys/conf files.alpha > >> sys/alpha/conf GENERIC NOTES > >> Log: > >> Enable eisa support on alpha. > >> We need eisa bridge support on some models, which now depends on having > >> eisa in the kernel. > > > > > >Without having checked: what about the bootfloppy? > > > > This is a loosing fight. While there is still some value in having > floppies for x86, is there really any value in them for Alpha? My > understanding is that CD-ROMs have been standard on all Alphas for > the past 5-10 years. Netbooting is an easy alternative for those Correct. On all Alpha's in fact. Even the DEC3000 etc. > without CDs or bandwidth. We do not do floppies for sparc64 and ia64, > and I would hope/expect that we don't do them for amd64. I think it's > time to cut them out of Alpha. Absolutely. But everytime we planned on doing that there was uproar. You obviously loose the network install with just a floppy to boot from. But miniinst.iso fills that gap, at least IMHO. W/ -- | / o / /_ _ wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte
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