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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
> 
> 



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