Date: Fri, 15 Oct 1999 15:39:26 -0700 (PDT) From: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> To: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> Cc: jack <jack@germanium.xtalwind.net>, Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: QIC ft0 driver support in 4.0-CURRENT gone? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9910151538400.18929-100000@current1.whistle.com> In-Reply-To: <199910152049.QAA32690@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
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hey If someone did adopt it then it wouldn't be a problem.. if no-on edoes then it can remain 'unsupported' On Fri, 15 Oct 1999, Garrett Wollman wrote: > <<On Fri, 15 Oct 1999 10:20:54 -0700 (PDT), Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> said: > > > the driver could come back if someone who HAD such a device were to adopt > > it.. > > Probably not. The hardware is just so transcendently evil that it's > unlikely it could be made to work reliably for more than one or two > people at a time. > > At some point we need to stop supporting antique hardware since it > places a significant burden on the advancement of the rest of the > system. > > -GAWollman > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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