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Date:      Sun, 23 May 1999 11:10:35 +0100
From:      Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>
To:        Vince Vielhaber <vev@michvhf.com>
Cc:        Karl Denninger <karl@Denninger.Net>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>
Subject:   Re: Suggestion... 
Message-ID:  <199905231010.LAA01566@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 22 May 1999 10:50:20 EDT." <XFMail.990522105020.vev@michvhf.com> 

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> >> 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.

Yes, this makes most sense.

> Vince.
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