Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 21:39:31 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org> To: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Wilko Bulte <wilko@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/release/alpha drivers.conf Message-ID: <20030515043931.GC55241@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1030514233000.14706M-100000@fledge.watson.org> References: <20030515014303.GA53992@dragon.nuxi.com> <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1030514233000.14706M-100000@fledge.watson.org>
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On Wed, May 14, 2003 at 11:32:47PM -0400, Robert Watson wrote: > > On Thu, May 15, 2003 at 01:15:45AM +0300, Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > > > > > > Modified files: > > > > > > release/alpha drivers.conf > > > > > > Log: > > > > > > The alpha drivers floppy is overflowing. Remove firewire support, > > > > > > which is not common on Alpha anyway. Time to have > 1 driver floppy it > > > > > > appears. > > ... > > > > To make it work, we need to add a 4th floppy (2nd driver floppy). Is > > > > this the route we really want to take? > > > > > > In SCO, there used to be a lot more drivers floppies, categorized by > > > their use, Mass Storage, Networking, etc. Why not? > > > > I strongly feel floppies should be de-supported. > > I think they'll be needed for i386 for a while yet, I thought it was crystal clear I was referring to the Alpha platform exclusively, since I was replying to an release/alpha/drivers.conf commit.
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