Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2000 10:26:13 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.demon.nl> To: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> Cc: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>, Mike Eldridge <diz@cafes.net>, freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Borg SRM? (was: Lynx test / 2nd attempt) Message-ID: <20001209102613.B5733@freebie.demon.nl> In-Reply-To: <200012082336.eB8NakF02755@mass.osd.bsdi.com>; from msmith@freebsd.org on Fri, Dec 08, 2000 at 03:36:46PM -0800 References: <200012082253.PAA26976@usr01.primenet.com> <200012082336.eB8NakF02755@mass.osd.bsdi.com>
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On Fri, Dec 08, 2000 at 03:36:46PM -0800, Mike Smith wrote: > > > > Why? Why not just push Compaq to bring back the already-extant SRM > > > > support for Adaptec controllers into their other SRM families? > > > > > > A waste of time to try this. Especially for all non-current hardware. > > > > That was my take, too, particularly since Linux appears to > > have already worked around the problem. I think the only > > chance is to make FreeBSD work with the available images for > > a given platform, not expect new images. > > ... and since the only platforms for which SRM is not available are > almost as archaic as the Turbochannel machines, there is no ROI worth > mentioning in this arena. Yep. EV4/45-class machines, 366Mc max off the top of my head. -- Wilko Bulte Arnhem, the Netherlands wilko@freebsd.org http://www.freebsd.org http://www.nlfug.nl To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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