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Date:      Tue, 05 Nov 2002 11:52:54 -0500 (EST)
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/release Makefile src/release/alpha dokern.sh
Message-ID:  <XFMail.20021105115254.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20021105160404.GA1845@sunbay.com>

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On 05-Nov-2002 Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 10:56:26AM -0500, John Baldwin wrote:
>> 
>> On 05-Nov-2002 Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
>> > On Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 05:42:59PM +0200, Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
>> >> On Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 10:35:51AM -0500, John Baldwin wrote:
>> >> > 
>> >> > On 05-Nov-2002 Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
>> >> > > ru          2002/11/05 06:44:46 PST
>> >> > > 
>> >> > >   Modified files:
>> >> > >     release              Makefile 
>> >> > >     release/alpha        dokern.sh drivers.conf 
>> >> > >   Log:
>> >> > >   Fixes to unbreak Alpha releases:
>> >> > >   
>> >> > >   isp(4) and mpt(4) now have corresponding modules, move them to the third
>> >> > >   floppy as well.
>> >> > 
>> >> > We really should try to put isp(4) back in the kernel if possible it is
>> >> > one of the most widely used SCSI drivers on Alpha machines.
>> >> > 
>> >> I will test right now if putting isp(4) back in the kernel fits in
>> >> these 5K left, and if it fits, will remove it from drivers.conf.
>> >> 
>> > No, it doesn't, sorry.
>> 
>> Maybe we should ditch INET6 support from Alpha so we can have more
>> drivers instead?  I would say that in the Alpha community there are
>> far more users of isp(4) than of INET6.
>> 
> Do most Alphas come without a CD-ROM drive?  I personally don't use
> the INET6 at the moment, so I can't say for sure, but if we dike out
> the INET6 support, it can not be downloaded from the drivers.flp as
> a module, while the opposite is possible though inconvenient.
> 
> I think alpha@ should have the last word here to decide, especially
> its re@ part.

Who do you think is building the recent Alpha releases? :)  Still, this
is under discussion on the alpha@ list as well.

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