Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2002 20:48:42 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, Wilko Bulte <wilko@FreeBSD.org>, "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common Message-ID: <20021003204842.A5701@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.20020930151619.jhb@FreeBSD.org>; from jhb@FreeBSD.org on Mon, Sep 30, 2002 at 03:16:19PM -0400 References: <20020930210738.A34860@freebie.xs4all.nl> <XFMail.20020930151619.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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On Mon, Sep 30, 2002 at 03:16:19PM -0400, John Baldwin wrote: > > On 30-Sep-2002 Wilko Bulte wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 30, 2002 at 12:02:42PM -0700, Bruce A. Mah wrote: > >> If memory serves me right, Wilko Bulte wrote: > >> > wilko 2002/09/30 11:44:19 PDT > >> > > >> > Modified files: (Branch: RELENG_4) > >> > release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common new.sgml > >> > Log: > >> > Note that one better disable isp-driven Qlogic fiberchannel cards when > >> > installing on Alpha. > >> > >> This use of the release notes bothers me a teensy bit. > >> > >> The problem is that after the release (and we go to 4.7-STABLE), I clear > >> out all of the release notes entries. (By definition they only contain > >> information that's changed from one release to another.) So these > >> little tidbits that you've been adding are going to disappear. > > > > I know.. :) > > > >> If this type of information is persistent across multiple releases, > >> I'd put it in the hardware notes instead. Otherwise, when 4.8 comes > >> around, you're going to wind up adding it again. > > > > Well, there is a fix that Matt mentioned which involves getting ispfw.ko > > onto the install CD (IIRC). So, it is fixable and hopefully will be fixed > > before 4.8 > > We could also put 'ispfw' into the GENERIC kernel which would work. > That said, getting ispfw.ko onto the CD and loaded by the loader is > not very hard to do. One just needs to stick 'ispfw_load="YES"' into On the CD it fits, on a floppy definitely not. 500KB or so. > loader.conf on the CD in the release makefile in the cdrom.1 target and > copy ispfw.ko from somewhere to /boot on the CD in the same target. > Suggestions on where to grab ispfw.ko from? I suppose we could just grab > it from the bin dist tree. I checked with Matt and the problem is more than ispfw.ko. On Alpha the firmware does not seem to start for reasons unknown. Wilko -- | / o / /_ _ wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte Arnhem, the Netherlands To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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