From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Apr 11 21:15:10 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de (dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de [139.174.243.252]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7694C14FFD for ; Sun, 11 Apr 1999 21:15:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from olli@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de) Received: (from olli@localhost) by dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA20304 for freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG; Mon, 12 Apr 1999 06:12:44 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from olli) Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 06:12:44 +0200 (CEST) From: Oliver Fromme Message-Id: <199904120412.GAA20304@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de> To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Some ideas on the evolution of -CURRENT Newsgroups: list.freebsd-hackers Organization: Administration Heim 3 Reply-To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 RZTUC(3) PL2] Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote in list.freebsd-hackers: > Here are a few ideas I have running around my head about things I'd > love to see happen to -CURRENT: I'd pretty much like to see usable netboot support in the bootloader. > [...] > - Revamp the PCI code. Voices in my head tell me Doug has patches > that allow converting all PCI device drivers to KLD modules. Me > want! That sounds very nice! Maybe that would help for the netboot stuff, too (the network drivers could be designed in a modular fashion, so that the bootloader can use part of their code). > - Fuller-featured sound drivers so we can nuke VoxWare once and for > all In particular, we need support for those newer PCI cards. However, I understand that it's very difficult to get docs from the manufacturers. :-( > - Insert Your Favorite Vapor Feature: ____________________________ See above. :-) Regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, Leibnizstr. 18/61, 38678 Clausthal, Germany (Info: finger userinfo:olli@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de) "In jedem Stück Kohle wartet ein Diamant auf seine Geburt" (Terry Pratchett) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message