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Date:      Thu, 07 Oct 1999 10:43:01 +0100
From:      Roger Hardiman <roger@cs.strath.ac.uk>
To:        Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
Cc:        Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com>, Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/alpha/conf majors.alpha src/sys/i386/conf          majors.i386
Message-ID:  <37FC6B25.41C6@cs.strath.ac.uk>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.9910071926460.659-100000@alphplex.bde.org>

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Bruce Evans wrote:
> 
> > >   Modified files:
> > >     sys/alpha/conf       majors.alpha
> > >     sys/i386/conf        majors.i386
> > >   Log:
> > >   Re-synchronise the alpha major numbers list with the i386 list.
> > >   Add the Mylex DAC960 and AMI MegaRAID numbers.
> >
> > Could we move these to a central place (sys/conf/majors?)
> 
> Similarly for MAKEDEV, disktab and ttys (the alpha versions are identical
> with i386 versions except for bitrot).


Some drivers like the bt848 driver only work on the i386
**at this time** so there was no need to put them in the Alpha
majors list.
However, I'd like to see them merged.
It will be one less problem when i386 drivers get converted
to bus_space and work on the Alpha.

Roger


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