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Date:      Thu, 20 Jul 2000 13:03:24 -0700
From:      "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: alpha snapshots? (was RE: Alphserver 2100 4/233)
Message-ID:  <20000720130323.B67647@dragon.nuxi.com>
In-Reply-To: <14709.51428.333589.473414@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>; from gallatin@cs.duke.edu on Wed, Jul 19, 2000 at 11:37:40AM -0400
References:  <14709.48828.202497.430928@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <200007191525.IAA77616@pike.osd.bsdi.com> <14709.51428.333589.473414@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>

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On Wed, Jul 19, 2000 at 11:37:40AM -0400, Andrew Gallatin wrote:
> Hmm.. I'd suggest axing the ncr driver (why is it still in GENERIC now 
> that SYM supports the older devices??). 

I feel groudier would be a better judge of this than I am.
If he agrees, I'll axe it out.
 
> And after that, some of nics which are unlikely to be found in alphas
> (rl, sf, sis, ste, tl, vr, wb, xl, le, fxp).

Overall I could go this way, but not with the list above.  Right now `xl'
is the best Alpha NIC we have.  With `xl' removed, I wouldn't be able to
install on my AS 250 as it is on a 100-mbit only switch via an `xl'.
`xl' is the only NIC in my PC164SX box.

Since you've fixed `fxp', I think many will use that too -- especially in
164LX, PC164SX, NoName's, etc.. (ie, anything that was mostly sold as
only a CPU + mobo combination).

If someone wants to bug him, wpaul would probably be a better judge of
which of the above list isn't well suited for use in an Alpha.  And even
then you know someone will try on of the lesser cards.

-- 
-- David  (obrien@FreeBSD.org)


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