Date: Sat, 22 May 1999 10:50:20 -0400 (EDT) From: Vince Vielhaber <vev@michvhf.com> To: Karl Denninger <karl@Denninger.Net> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> Subject: Re: Suggestion... Message-ID: <XFMail.990522105020.vev@michvhf.com> In-Reply-To: <19990522094253.A20449@Denninger.Net>
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On 22-May-99 Karl Denninger wrote:
> On Sat, May 22, 1999 at 02:33:51PM +0100, Brian Somers wrote:
>> > One other suggestion, while I'm at it.
>> >
>> > The "dgb" driver has been marked "alpha quality" for a LONG time.
>> >
>> > I've had a fax server running on a PC/Xe 8 port card (64k shared RAM)
>> > for well over a year on one of these cards - and have NEVER had a single
>> > problem with it. That server gets a LOT of extremely heavy use, and
>> > if there were driver problems I would have found them by now.
>> >
>> > I'd suggest that someone drop the "alpha" byline on that one - its
>> > definitely stable :-)
>>
>> I plan on doing some work on it and the dgm driver. They're almost
>> the same and should be merged. They both violate style(9) in almost
>> every way too :-[
>>
>> I know of only one person with an Xem card (dgm driver), but he's
>> promised to send me the specs by snail mail. Once I get them, I'll
>> start the work.
>>
>> Let's leave the `alpha' there for a little longer :-)
>
> What are you planning on doing with it? Other than DDB support I can't
> imagine what could be *added* to the driver; it is one of those "just
> works" things right now.
Why not merge the two into a *new* driver? Once it's running at an
acceptable level, drop support for the two old drivers. That way if
something breaks, the current users still have the one that works.
Vince.
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