Date: Sat, 4 Dec 1999 11:43:39 -0800 (PST) From: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com> To: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl> Cc: gallatin@cs.duke.edu, freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: ISP firmware compiled in as a default.... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9912041138280.45044-100000@semuta.feral.com> In-Reply-To: <199911251900.UAA01014@yedi.iaf.nl>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
I'm now wondering whether or not this would be a good idea or not. Right now, the default is *not* to compile in the firmware. However, I had a bit of a hard time with the SRM loaded f/w (and this is the latest) when I had both an internal drive and 2 external tape drives. This problem went away when I went back to compiling in the f/w which then downloaded. Jason (bless his heart) Thorpe kept on claiming that NetBSD-alpha was completely broken without the f/w- I never saw such breakage at all and real active details were not provided, and in fact *you* (Wilko) are the only one who I know was completely blocked w/o the f/w. So, I'm in a bit of a quandary now as to what the right thing to do is. There is the open PR about putting the f/w into kld's- that'd probably be mostly the right thing to do. Before that happens, though, should the default be to have the f/w compiled in? It adds ~200K to kernel bloat (although this could be cut down by only compiling in 1040 f/w instead of including 1080, 2100 and 2200 f/w as well). Opinions? -matt To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?Pine.BSF.4.05.9912041138280.45044-100000>