From owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 30 18:45:59 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org 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 5438416A41F; Tue, 30 Aug 2005 18:45:59 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mv.twc.weather.com (mv.twc.weather.com [65.212.71.225]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C13D643D46; Tue, 30 Aug 2005 18:45:58 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from [10.50.40.201] (Not Verified[10.50.40.201]) by mv.twc.weather.com with NetIQ MailMarshal (v6, 0, 3, 8) id ; Tue, 30 Aug 2005 15:01:09 -0400 From: John Baldwin To: Roman Kurakin Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 14:12:08 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.8 References: <200508261342.j7QDg4gc052237@repoman.freebsd.org> <431459EB.8070405@cronyx.ru> In-Reply-To: <431459EB.8070405@cronyx.ru> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="koi8-r" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200508301412.09936.jhb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/conf files.i386 src/sys/modules Makefile src/sys/modules/el Makefile src/sys/i386/conf NOTES src/sys/i386/isa if_el.c if_elreg.h X-BeenThere: cvs-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the entire tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 18:45:59 -0000 On Tuesday 30 August 2005 09:06 am, Roman Kurakin wrote: > John Baldwin wrote: > >jhb 2005-08-26 13:42:04 UTC > > > > FreeBSD src repository > > > > Modified files: > > sys/conf files.i386 > > sys/modules Makefile > > sys/i386/conf NOTES > > Removed files: > > sys/modules/el Makefile > > sys/i386/isa if_el.c if_elreg.h > > Log: > > Remove the el(4) driver for 3Com 3c501 ISA NICs from HEAD as threatened > > earlier as no one has stepped up to test recent changes to the driver. > > Oddly, the module was actually turned on on ia64 though I'm fairly > > certain that no ia64 machine has ever had or will ever have an ISA slot. > > I can find a link to an external bridge for ISA if you want. > I don't know if it would work under FreeBSD, but you > may try to run ISA card on ia64 that way. > You may even try to made this device by yourself if the > soldering iron is your friend. > > rik The ia64 comment was more that the module probably shouldn't have been enabled on ia64 in the first place. Why would you want to hack up a way to stick an 8-bit ISA 10Mbit ethernet card in a machine that probably has at least one (probably two or more) 10/100 (if not gige) builtin NICs. -- John Baldwin <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" = http://www.FreeBSD.org