From owner-freebsd-alpha Sat Dec 9 1:41:32 2000 From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 9 01:41:30 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from post.mail.nl.demon.net (post-10.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 999AB37B402; Sat, 9 Dec 2000 01:41:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from [212.238.54.101] (helo=freebie.demon.nl) by post.mail.nl.demon.net with smtp (Exim 3.14 #2) id 144gVP-0007Xj-00; Sat, 09 Dec 2000 09:41:23 +0000 Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.demon.nl (8.11.1/8.11.0) id eB99QDG05781; Sat, 9 Dec 2000 10:26:13 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2000 10:26:13 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte To: Mike Smith Cc: Terry Lambert , Mike Eldridge , freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Borg SRM? (was: Lynx test / 2nd attempt) Message-ID: <20001209102613.B5733@freebie.demon.nl> References: <200012082253.PAA26976@usr01.primenet.com> <200012082336.eB8NakF02755@mass.osd.bsdi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: <200012082336.eB8NakF02755@mass.osd.bsdi.com>; from msmith@freebsd.org on Fri, Dec 08, 2000 at 03:36:46PM -0800 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.2-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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