From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 2 07:19:52 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B106116A4CE; Thu, 2 Sep 2004 07:19:52 +0000 (GMT) Received: from pittgoth.com (14.zlnp1.xdsl.nauticom.net [209.195.149.111]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2AF8243D39; Thu, 2 Sep 2004 07:19:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from trhodes@FreeBSD.org) Received: from localhost.pittgoth.com ([192.168.0.5]) (authenticated bits=0) by pittgoth.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i827Jp0p025648 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Thu, 2 Sep 2004 03:19:51 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from trhodes@FreeBSD.org) Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 17:13:58 -0400 From: Tom Rhodes To: Josh Paetzel Message-Id: <20040826171358.42d9da84@localhost.pittgoth.com> In-Reply-To: <200408260809.27146.josh@tcbug.org> References: <20040824211131.GK760@zaphod.nitro.dk> <1093383676.725.123.camel@localhost> <20040826124356.GD707@arthur.nitro.dk> <200408260809.27146.josh@tcbug.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 0.9.12 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: doc@FreeBSD.org cc: "Simon L. Nielsen" Subject: Re: Tracking down devices in the Hardware Notes X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 02 Sep 2004 07:19:52 -0000 On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 08:09:27 -0500 Josh Paetzel wrote: > On Thursday 26 August 2004 07:43, you wrote: > > On 2004.08.24 14:41:17 -0700, Bruce A. Mah wrote: > > > On Tue, 2004-08-24 at 14:11, Simon L. Nielsen wrote: > > > > While working on the Harware Notes I have found two device > > > > entries where I can't really determine which driver is supposed > > > > to support them. > > > > > > > > Both were in version 1.1 of common/dev.sgml and not in the old > > > > HARDWARE.TXT. I also tried grepping in the source tree, but > > > > that hasn't helped in finding in the guilty drivers... The > > > > devices are: > > > > > > > > Seagate ST01/02 SCSI controllers > > > > Future Domain 8xx/950 series SCSI controllers > > > > > > I just popped in disc1 from 4.1-RELEASE/i386 (the oldest CD-ROM > > > set in front of me right now [1]) and both of these devices are > > > mentioned in RELNOTES.TXT as being "not supported by the new CAM > > > subsystem". This was a time when the release notes listed > > > supported hardware, partially (but not completely) duplicating > > > HARDWARE.TXT. > > > > > > I'm not sure what the state of these devices are now, or what > > > drivers they were mapped to. But that gives you a pretty good > > > idea how old they are. If no one speaks up after a suitable > > > amount of time, I'd say just nuke 'em. :-) > > > > OK, thanks I think I will just poke -current and see if anybody > > knows these devices, and nuke them if not. > > > > > [1] It still had the shrink wrap on it until ten minutes ago. I > > > hope this wasn't like cutting the tag off a Beanie Baby. > > > > Hehe :-). > > I'm not sure if I'm following this thread correctly. :-/ > > The Future Domain 850/9** SCSI controllers haven't been supported > since the 2.x days. (Not really a big loss, they are 8 bit ISA > cards) > > -- > Thanks, > > Josh Paetzel > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-doc@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-doc > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-doc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Tom Rhodes