Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 17:59:12 +0800 (CST) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: alfred@FreeBSD.org Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/conf files.i386 files.pc98 options.i386 options.pc98 src/sys/i386/conf NOTES src/sys/i386/isa isa_compat.c isa_device.h pcf.c Message-ID: <20040315.175912.70546777.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <20040315060801.GB76728@elvis.mu.org> References: <200403142303.i2EN3vvP053769@repoman.freebsd.org> <20040314192028.V98980@pooker.samsco.home> <20040315060801.GB76728@elvis.mu.org>
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Alfred Perlstein <alfred@FreeBSD.org> writes:
: * Scott Long <scottl@freebsd.org> [040314 18:18] wrote:
: > On Sun, 14 Mar 2004, Warner Losh wrote:
: > > imp 2004/03/14 15:03:57 PST
: > >
: > > Remove isa compat stuff.
: > >
: >
: > I applaud your work here, but I really wish that you had resolved pc98
: > before axeing the files. When do you anticiapte that the pc98 tinderbox
: > will stop failing?
:
: Removed ISA_COMPAT so that... ?
It is gone from the tree. APIs evolve. Drivers that fail to evolve
get left in the dustbin of history.
: We have less drivers?
we have drivers that work.
: Paves the way for feature X?
We don't have to kludge things in the newbus layer for isa anymore.
: Paves the way for ...?
Urban renewal.
: If it's just to remove something that's "ugly" but doesn't have an
: impact on things, then it's not really in our best interest to remove
: something that _works_ when a replacement is not even needed.
No one could tell me that (a) they were using the code and (b) it
worked except for cy. I bought hardware for stl and verified it
worked (and updated the driver in current and stable to fix bugs that
I'd found). I have replacements in the works for these drivers.
Other people have sworn up and down that they'd do the other drivers.
Them being in the tree or not has no impact on that work. However,
the compat stuff was past its freshness date, no one could show me
working hardware with 5. It was time.
Warner
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