Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2001 11:18:42 -0800 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: seebs@plethora.net (Peter Seebach) Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: if_fxp status? Message-ID: <200103071918.f27JIgr01593@mass.dis.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 07 Mar 2001 11:43:19 CST." <200103071743.f27HhJr00796@guild.plethora.net>
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> In message <5.0.0.25.0.20010307114211.0241d9e0@mail.etinc.com>, Dennis writes:
> >I really dont care to ask this on the list, but DG doesnt answer my private
> >emails, so I have little choice.
>
> Yup. None at all. I mean, you're getting something for free, and the
> people giving it away don't seem to be able to build their schedules around
> your life. I can see how you'd have no choice but to bug everyone else,
> too.
Uh, folks, and particularly you, Peter.
Far be it for me to be seen to be sticking up for Dennis (!), but he
*does* have a point here, and his reticence is actually quite
understandable.
DG has not been maintaining the fxp driver as well as many people would
like, and it's fair to say that it *is* slipping behind in support for new
hardware coming out of intel.
Dennis - to answer your question: no, there is no work in progress (to
the best of my knowledge) on the fxp driver that's not already visible in
the drivers in current/stable. DG is currently going through some things
that make him even more of a challenge than usual to contact, and this
isn't improving the situation.
I don't have a lot of options to recommend right now, I'm sorry, other
than the usual (find someone else willing to do the work, send them
samples of troublesome adapters).
Regards,
Mike
--
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rivals and unfortunately opponents also. But not because people want
to be opponents, rather because the tasks and relationships force
people to take different points of view. [Dr. Fritz Todt]
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