Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:15:54 -0700 (MST) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: sobomax@FreeBSD.org Cc: svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org, scottl@samsco.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r187426 - head/sys/amd64/conf Message-ID: <20090119.191554.511539281.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <49752C10.5010309@FreeBSD.org> References: <497446D4.5020104@FreeBSD.org> <20090119.180830.1976921334.imp@bsdimp.com> <49752C10.5010309@FreeBSD.org>
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Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org> writes:
: M. Warner Losh wrote:
: > In message: <497446D4.5020104@FreeBSD.org>
: > Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org> writes:
: > : i386 only and don't have any particular reason to be i386-specific (i.e.
: > : ISA/EISA drivers, PCMCIA drivers etc) into amd64 GENERIC automatically
: >
: > Ahem. PC Card drivers are not, and never have been, i386 specific.
: > At least not since we've moved to NEWCARD. You should remove that
: > from the list of things that you think are processor specific. They
: > have worked on amd64 for a long time, and there are likely to be a few
: > new PC Card bridge drivers in the tree soon for non-x86 platforms.
:
: Well, I supposed it was the reason why few SCSI cards were in i386
: kernel, but weren't in amd64. Perhaps I was wrong. I am talking about these:
:
: device ncv # NCR 53C500
: device nsp # Workbit Ninja SCSI-3
: device stg # TMC 18C30/18C50
:
: Perhaps the reason is just that nobody has the hardware to test on amd64.
Correct. Those drivers have issues with amd64, or did when I did some
quick tests. I never revisited them because they are for fairly slow
cards to start with. They did work for me when I tried them on i386
last. Of course none of them have been tested by me since about the
7.0 branch.
Warner
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