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Date:      Thu, 20 Jul 2000 13:08:01 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com>
To:        "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu>, freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: alpha snapshots? (was RE: Alphserver 2100 4/233)
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.10007201306360.45768-100000@beppo.feral.com>
In-Reply-To: <20000720130323.B67647@dragon.nuxi.com>

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On Thu, 20 Jul 2000, David O'Brien wrote:

> 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.

Does it support the 810 (not the 810a)? 


> > 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.

Huh? I've found de and dc to be satisfactory.

> 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.

With fxp && some working tulip chip driver in place, we should focus on other
issues, IMO.

-matt




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