Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:22:19 +0100 From: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> To: Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org> Cc: marius@freebsd.org, gallatin@freebsd.org, current@freebsd.org, np@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NICs not in GENERIC Message-ID: <20120222092219.Horde.AvbvLpjmRSRPRKW7YuZBYu8@webmail.leidinger.net> In-Reply-To: <1DA65887-49B6-446D-AC31-67B149A6C736@samsco.org> References: <20120221155656.Horde.kkqxT5jmRSRPQ7C4wSPK1kA@webmail.leidinger.net> <1DA65887-49B6-446D-AC31-67B149A6C736@samsco.org>
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Quoting Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org> (from Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:45:04 -0700): > On Feb 21, 2012, at 7:56 AM, Alexander Leidinger wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> is there a specific reason that the following NICs are not (or >> shall not be) in GENERIC (at least on i386)? >> - if_cas: is compiled as a module, Sun hardware, non-x86 only? >> - if_gem: is compiled as a module, Apple/Sun, non-x86 only? >> - if_hme: is compiled as a module, Sun hardware, non-x86 only? > > If these aren't for i386 hardware, then why would they need to be in > the i386 GENERIC profile? I didn't told they aren't for i386 (Sun and Apple produce(d) x86 hardware). If they would have been non-x86 drivers (I assume you've seen the answer from Marius), the bug would have been that they are build as modules on x86. Bye, Alexander. -- Anyone who goes to a psychiatrist ought to have his head examined. -- Samuel Goldwyn http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net: PGP ID = B0063FE7 http://www.FreeBSD.org netchild @ FreeBSD.org : PGP ID = 72077137
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