From owner-cvs-all Thu Oct 3 11:48:47 2002 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D4DD837B401; Thu, 3 Oct 2002 11:48:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A8BD043E6A; Thu, 3 Oct 2002 11:48:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id g93ImhWI005747; Thu, 3 Oct 2002 20:48:43 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id g93Imgx4005746; Thu, 3 Oct 2002 20:48:42 +0200 (CEST) Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2002 20:48:42 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte To: John Baldwin Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, Wilko Bulte , "Bruce A. Mah" Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common Message-ID: <20021003204842.A5701@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <20020930210738.A34860@freebie.xs4all.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from jhb@FreeBSD.org on Mon, Sep 30, 2002 at 03:16:19PM -0400 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.7-RC X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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