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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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