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Date:      Fri, 02 Sep 2005 07:27:15 -0600 (MDT)
From:      "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com>
To:        slw@zxy.spb.ru
Cc:        cvs-src@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org, jhb@freebsd.org, rik@cronyx.ru
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/conf files.i386 src/sys/modules Makefile src/sys/modules/el Makefile src/sys/i386/conf NOTES src/sys/i386/isa if_el.c if_elreg.h
Message-ID:  <20050902.072715.44519258.imp@bsdimp.com>
In-Reply-To: <20050902091801.GA48098@zxy.spb.ru>
References:  <431459EB.8070405@cronyx.ru> <200508301412.09936.jhb@FreeBSD.org> <20050902091801.GA48098@zxy.spb.ru>

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In message: <20050902091801.GA48098@zxy.spb.ru>
            Slawa Olhovchenkov <slw@zxy.spb.ru> writes:
: > The ia64 comment was more that the module probably shouldn't have been enabled 
: > on ia64 in the first place.  Why would you want to hack up a way to stick an 
: > 8-bit ISA 10Mbit ethernet card in a machine that probably has at least one 
: > (probably two or more) 10/100 (if not gige) builtin NICs.  
: 
: 10base5/10base2 connectivity?

There are many 10Base2/10BaseT PCI cards or 16-bit ISA cards to choose
from that would be better choices than the 3C501.  The PCI cards would
even be easier to hack :-)

Warner



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