Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 19:28:29 +1100 (EST) From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: Scott Long <scottl@freebsd.org> Cc: cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/conf files.i386 files.pc98 options.i386 isa_device.h pcf.c Message-ID: <20040315192001.F5580@gamplex.bde.org> In-Reply-To: <20040314231854.B99831@pooker.samsco.home> References: <200403142303.i2EN3vvP053769@repoman.freebsd.org> <20040315060801.GB76728@elvis.mu.org> <20040314231854.B99831@pooker.samsco.home>
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On Sun, 14 Mar 2004, Scott Long wrote: > On Sun, 14 Mar 2004, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > > Removed ISA_COMPAT so that... ? > > > > We have less drivers? > > Paves the way for feature X? > > Paves the way for ...? > > > > If it's just to remove something that's "ugly" but doesn't have an > > impact on things, then it's not really in our best interest to remove > > something that _works_ when a replacement is not even needed. > > Actually, the ISA compat shims don't work in 5.x. The only purpose that Actually, they just work. Drivers may have problems with rotted locking, but not with the shims. > they served was to allow those drivers to keep compiling. I believe that The cy driver is a counterexample. Bruce
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