From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Jul 10 14:36:56 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id OAA16476 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 10 Jul 1996 14:36:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rocky.mt.sri.com (rocky.mt.sri.com [206.127.76.100]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id OAA16465 for ; Wed, 10 Jul 1996 14:36:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from nate@localhost) by rocky.mt.sri.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) id PAA25353; Wed, 10 Jul 1996 15:33:00 -0600 (MDT) Date: Wed, 10 Jul 1996 15:33:00 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <199607102133.PAA25353@rocky.mt.sri.com> From: Nate Williams To: Terry Lambert Cc: nate@mt.sri.com (Nate Williams), hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Some recent changes to GENERIC In-Reply-To: <199607102125.OAA27332@phaeton.artisoft.com> References: <199607102113.PAA25223@rocky.mt.sri.com> <199607102125.OAA27332@phaeton.artisoft.com> Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > Yeah, so? By disabling the probe, we have a solution as well. Having > > access to pointers to all the relevant information is a good thing, but > > when the current solution is acceptable then a different solution won't > > be done. If you think the 'assembly code' probe fix is worth it, > > generate a set of patches and send them to me and I'll integrate them if > > I find them acceptable. (And I *do* understand the issues, but don't > > have time nor desire to fix it like you think it should be fixed.) > > Most machines come with two serial ports. > > If my PPP connection is via an internal modem, it is impossible for > that modem to be anywhere *but* sio2/sio3. > > How do I install? > > I don't, I guess. You can use sio2, but not sio3. And, if it's on sio3 then it won't work in your computer because of the conflict, so you can't use the modem. > This does not rank high on my "acceptable current soloution" scale. Provide me with a better one. Nate