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Date:      Tue, 22 Nov 2005 20:16:20 +0100
From:      Wilko Bulte <wb@freebie.xs4all.nl>
To:        Marius Strobl <marius@alchemy.franken.de>
Cc:        cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG, src-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/conf files files.powerpc
Message-ID:  <20051122191619.GA79281@freebie.xs4all.nl>
In-Reply-To: <20051122195639.F16812@newtrinity.zeist.de>
References:  <200511221712.jAMHCnf0066273@repoman.freebsd.org> <200511221307.14098.jhb@freebsd.org> <20051122195639.F16812@newtrinity.zeist.de>

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On Tue, Nov 22, 2005 at 07:56:39PM +0100, Marius Strobl wrote..
> 
> On Tue, Nov 22, 2005 at 01:07:12PM -0500, John Baldwin wrote:
> > 
> > On Tuesday 22 November 2005 12:12 pm, Marius Strobl wrote:
> > > marius      2005-11-22 17:12:49 UTC
> > >
> > >   FreeBSD src repository
> > >
> > >   Modified files:
> > >     sys/conf             files files.powerpc
> > >   Log:
> > >   Move zs.c from files to files.powerpc as zs(4) by now is only supported
> > >   on powerpc (more or less...). That way people updating from FreeBSD 5 to
> > >   FreeBSD 6 and beyond on sparc64 will get an error from config(8) rather
> > >   than a mysterious compile error when they have a stale 'device zs' in
> > >   their kernel config file.
> > >
> > >   MFC after:      2 weeks
> > 
> > I think some Alpha machines (4100?) also use zs(4) for serial console.
> > 
> 
> I meant the zs(4) in sys/dev/zs formerly shared between FreeBSD/powerpc
> and FreeBSD/sparc64; FreeBSD/alpha has a separate driver for z8530 in
> sys/alpha/tlsb (wasn't TurboLaser support disabled and scheduled for
> deorbit some time ago?).

We are no longer building GENERIC with Tlaser support.  Matt no longer
has access to the hardware at NASA Ames which makes testing quite difficult.
I have still access to one at work, but that one is destined to go 
soonish.

-- 
Wilko Bulte				wilko@FreeBSD.org



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