From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 4 04:24:53 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 191C61065670 for ; Thu, 4 Dec 2008 04:24:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from phreaki@gmail.com) Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com (fg-out-1718.google.com [72.14.220.159]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 991188FC0A for ; Thu, 4 Dec 2008 04:24:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from phreaki@gmail.com) Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id l26so2801363fgb.35 for ; Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:24:51 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=zXZbIV3jRIuYiIfXpWZDHRS9IqkpCR3O75KSsWuD0Ro=; b=oFBGlseOZ1MoSnrQQz3Mun9eIJuLFrKHQ6Snp/LDYXxaX7z0yeYIosgyLUjaQEYOe+ mIbdBmPmbhieKi2QlzMlqKAzWv5+n8DuXf2Vmvfbo1TkoElEC61Q49jxtnNVRaz+LP9Z m4B8kgijTQpQo0RKrp8WWgXe2AwPwvZztSR30= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=IjV5nRAocYAEZgxJWSGCRRFwShJmYi+vcsU6tDfwCDmi5SLD9qwZqABLpY1t2rQGN1 bADmelC+JKmvSWt3Zi6UmgGXZa7RekTjfJjtAVXqY/Jp4tMyl8HqMStmj7Z+LX7yrEu3 fAs44k1oDAa5llF41fIEOFhzSdZZ5YwRpzniY= Received: by 10.181.30.10 with SMTP id h10mr4896794bkj.200.1228362790354; Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:53:10 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.181.55.18 with HTTP; Wed, 3 Dec 2008 19:53:10 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <6fb2b4650812031953y14ddfeb4ycb4f5ae2bddffd49@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2008 22:53:10 -0500 From: "Robert Atkinson" To: cpghost In-Reply-To: <20081203151537.GA1045@phenom.cordula.ws> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20081128234155.0221e263@serene.no-ip.org> <4930D7CE.4080909@psg.com> <20081202220643.72eb52a3@serene.no-ip.org> <20081203151537.GA1045@phenom.cordula.ws> Cc: "Conrad J. Sabatier" , freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: i give up X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2008 04:24:53 -0000 I second this idea since with my nearly a decade of FreeBSD administration under the belt, it is a waste of my time to throw it away. It is much cheaper for me to swap a card or even task a different machine for hardware that just isn't meant to be in FBSD. I'll use the penguin where I have too, I am forced to use it due to the VPS solution I chose. The price was right and it does what I wish it to do, but I would never, ever give up on the box under my desk and turn my back on this otherwise outstanding operating system. I have however, had many users who I show Linux give up because everything they own in the house is not supported. They always say "isn't linux supposed to be great?" and I can only say that they should learn to write device drivers and only buy hardware that has well known support. Thanks, Robert On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 10:15 AM, cpghost wrote: > On Tue, Dec 02, 2008 at 10:06:43PM -0600, Conrad J. Sabatier wrote: >> Best wishes to the FreeBSD community. No hard feelings, and I will >> still continue to checkout the latest sources from time to time just on >> the outside chance that a solution will eventually be found. >> >> Sincerest regards from a long-time FreeBSD user now in exile. :-( > > Changing the OS just because one specific piece of swappable and > replaceable hardware isn't supported... isn't that overreacting a > little bit? Can't you circumvent your specific problem by adding a > supported adapter to your system(s)... at least until the issue is > fixed? As sysadmins, we do this all the time, wether with Linux or > FreeBSD. > > I feel your pain, but maybe you've built up quite a bit of frustration > over this specific issue and need a little hiatus. > > I hope you'll come back soon. > >> Conrad J. Sabatier > > -cpghost. > > -- > Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/ > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >