From owner-freebsd-current Wed Nov 3 11: 7: 2 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (castles558.castles.com [208.214.165.122]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 62C5B14CE0 for ; Wed, 3 Nov 1999 11:06:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.3/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA06668; Wed, 3 Nov 1999 10:57:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199911031857.KAA06668@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: nate@mt.sri.com (Nate Williams) Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: GENERIC build broken In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 03 Nov 1999 11:44:54 MST." <199911031844.LAA09963@mt.sri.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 03 Nov 1999 10:57:51 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > I think most if not all the ethernet cards I or my customers > > have bought over the last year have sported mighty fine netboot > > capabilities. > > FWIW, few of the cards I've bought over the years sport netboot. And, > netboot is an impossibility in 'embedded' systems that use things like > PCMCIA/CARDBUS, which are becoming common-place for embedded routers and > such. Argh! More FUD! Network booting is not an impossibility in an embedded product using PCCARD or CARDBUS. > Netboot (IMO) is an unacceptable solution to many folks. It seems that > 'progress' in this case means removing alot of existing functionality > that is used by a number of folks. > > (CDROM root, BOOTP, etc...) More FUD! CDROM root devices still work fine. The automated search stuff was broken, and it's gone because it was in the way. There will be a new automated search process that will work properly. BOOTP in the kernel will go _when_there_is_an_acceptable_alternative_. Yes, progress means losing the crap. How much more like a shark would you look like if you didn't lose your baby teeth? -- \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message