Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 12:53:49 -0500 (EST) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: obrien@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [RFC] splitting of conf/NOTES Message-ID: <XFMail.20030225125349.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20030224.114405.41526431.imp@bsdimp.com>
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On 24-Feb-2003 M. Warner Losh wrote: > In message: <20030224172818.GA47872@dragon.nuxi.com> > "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.ORG> writes: >: On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 06:03:15AM -0700, M. Warner Losh wrote: >: > I'd agree with this. All PCI devices are available for all platforms >: > that support PCI, as a general rule (exception to this rule will >: > likely be rare). Those exceptions can just be left out of the >: > NOTES.pci file. The exceptions are very likely to be MACHINE >: > dependent (some of the pc98 built-in chips are this way). >: >: I agree with this sentiment, and knowing nothing about the PC98 I don't >: understand why nyan took a lot of PCI cards (mostly RAID) out of the PC98 >: LINT. Do know why? > > No. The pc98 specific pci devices that I'm aware of tend not to have > drivers yet (some do, however). Maybe he didn't have the cards for > testing? Doesn't hurt to just make sure they compile. Look, folks, it doesn't hurt to compile all PCI drivers on all machines that support PCI. Yes, it might not be tested yet, but it should at least compile and link ok. LINT is about testing compiles. -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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