From owner-freebsd-alpha Sun Nov 18 5:14:58 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from smtpzilla2.xs4all.nl (smtpzilla2.xs4all.nl [194.109.127.138]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 872D637B405; Sun, 18 Nov 2001 05:14:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) by smtpzilla2.xs4all.nl (8.12.0/8.12.0) with ESMTP id fAIDEb4C019660; Sun, 18 Nov 2001 14:14:37 +0100 (CET) Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.11.6/8.11.6) id fAIDEbf58725; Sun, 18 Nov 2001 14:14:37 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2001 14:14:37 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte To: "Bruce A. Mah" Cc: John Baldwin , freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: CFR: Hardware notes update for Alpha architecture Message-ID: <20011118141437.B29222@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <200111051729.fA5HThe09234@c527597-a.cstvl1.sfba.home.com> <20011105192315.A70612@freebie.xs4all.nl> <200111151849.fAFIngJ03927@c527597-a.cstvl1.sfba.home.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <200111151849.fAFIngJ03927@c527597-a.cstvl1.sfba.home.com>; from bmah@FreeBSD.ORG on Thu, Nov 15, 2001 at 10:49:42AM -0800 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, Nov 15, 2001 at 10:49:42AM -0800, Bruce A. Mah wrote: > FDDI: DEFPA works, DEFEA doesn't > (Split up FDDI controllers, DEFEA is gone.) > USB Ethernet hasn't been tested > (Why're all three drivers in GENERIC then? :-) Gone until someone > tests.) Good question. > USB Zip should probably work > (Removed for now. Once someone tests it, we can put it back.) > USB keyboards and mice work USB keyb/mice assume a system that has an SRM console that knows about USB and allows their use as console devices. That implies non-DEC/CPQ systems, so I guess API systems-only. Can someone please clarify? > world, that'd be wonderful, but the fact is that until someone has the > ability, inclination, and time (a slippery combination at best) to > coordinate this, we're probably going to have to stick with what we have > now (if it's listed, at least the driver's been known to work). I agree. > - Texas Instruments ThunderLAN PCI NICs (&man.tl.4; driver) > + Texas Instruments ThunderLAN PCI NICs (&man.tl.4; driver) > > > Compaq Netelligent 10, 10/100, 10/100 Proliant, 10/100 10/100 Proliant are i386 by definition (embedded NIC), so should not turn up in arch=alpha > - DEC DC21040, DC21041, DC21140, DC21141, DC21142, and DC21143 > + DEC DC21040, DC21041, DC21140, DC21141, DC21142, and DC21143 > based NICs (&man.de.4; driver) > > > @@ -1294,7 +1304,7 @@ > > > > - DEC/Intel 21143 based Fast Ethernet NICs (&man.dc.4; driver) > + DEC/Intel 21143 based Fast Ethernet NICs (&man.dc.4; driver) > > > DEC DE500-BA make that DE500-xx as the BA is the media variant (UTP, fibre etc). > + Genius and Mustek hand scanners > + GPB and Transputer drivers > + HP4020, HP6020, Philips CDD2000/CDD2660 and Plasmon CD-R I would loose the above line altogether. There are tons of CDR[W] drives that work with FreeBSD, this does not cover anything usefull or complete. cheers, Wilko -- | / o / /_ _ email: wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte Arnhem, The Netherlands To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message