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Date:      Sun, 14 Mar 2004 22:08:01 -0800
From:      Alfred Perlstein <alfred@freebsd.org>
To:        Scott Long <scottl@freebsd.org>
Cc:        cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/conf files.i386 files.pc98 options.i386 options.pc98 src/sys/i386/conf NOTES src/sys/i386/isa isa_compat.c isa_device.h pcf.c
Message-ID:  <20040315060801.GB76728@elvis.mu.org>
In-Reply-To: <20040314192028.V98980@pooker.samsco.home>
References:  <200403142303.i2EN3vvP053769@repoman.freebsd.org> <20040314192028.V98980@pooker.samsco.home>

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* Scott Long <scottl@freebsd.org> [040314 18:18] wrote:
> On Sun, 14 Mar 2004, Warner Losh wrote:
> > imp         2004/03/14 15:03:57 PST
> >
> >   Remove isa compat stuff.
> >
> 
> I applaud your work here, but I really wish that you had resolved pc98
> before axeing the files.  When do you anticiapte that the pc98 tinderbox
> will stop failing?

Removed ISA_COMPAT so that... ?

We have less drivers?
Paves the way for feature X?
Paves the way for ...?

If it's just to remove something that's "ugly" but doesn't have an
impact on things, then it's not really in our best interest to remove
something that _works_ when a replacement is not even needed.

-- 
- Alfred Perlstein
- Research Engineering Development Inc.
- email: bright@mu.org cell: 408-480-4684



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