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Date:      Mon, 26 May 2008 19:21:24 +0200
From:      Willem Jan Withagen <wjw@digiware.nl>
To:        Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
Cc:        arch@freebsd.org, Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org>, current@freebsd.org, Ade Lovett <ade@freebsd.org>, net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: HEAD UP: non-MPSAFE network drivers to be disabled
Message-ID:  <483AF194.2020002@digiware.nl>
In-Reply-To: <20080526163844.GA37636@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
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Steve Kargl wrote:
> On Mon, May 26, 2008 at 05:34:09AM -0700, Ade Lovett wrote:
>> idiosyncratic situations (yes, ahc(4), I'm looking at you) for 5+  
> 
> What's the problem with ahc(4)?  My ahc controller is one of
> the most reliable pieces of hardware that I've purchased.
> It's also the only interface available to my external DLT
> tape drive.

Not to forget the large amount of embedded ahc's that got implemented on 
all kinds of serverbords. I still have quite a large set of customers 
with such ASUS boards I sold to them over the years. Up 'till now I've 
been able to keep 'm running with the pace of FreeBSD.
Removing this driver would "leave them behind".

I can force them to upgrade, but thus far there has been little reason 
for that (hardware wise).

Just my 2 ct's
--WjW




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