From owner-cvs-all Sat Jul 21 18: 0:26 2001 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from mailgate.originative.co.uk (mailgate.originative.co.uk [62.232.68.68]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE6FC37B403; Sat, 21 Jul 2001 18:00:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from paul@freebsd-services.co.uk) Received: from lobster.originative.co.uk (lobster [62.232.68.81]) by mailgate.originative.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 493CA1D146; Sun, 22 Jul 2001 02:00:01 +0100 (BST) Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2001 02:00:00 +0100 From: Paul Richards To: obrien@FreeBSD.ORG, Wilko Bulte Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/release/alpha dokern.sh Message-ID: <539270000.995763600@lobster.originative.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20010721111928.A97882@dragon.nuxi.com> X-Mailer: Mulberry/2.0.8 (Linux/x86 Demo) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG --On Saturday, July 21, 2001 11:19:28 -0700 David O'Brien wrote: > On Sat, Jul 21, 2001 at 07:52:31PM +0200, Wilko Bulte wrote: >> Dare I suggest to have dokern.sh remove: >> options DEC_KN8AE # AlphaServer 8200/8400 >> (Turbolaser) > > We would actually like to support these machines in 5.0. *Especially* > since we'll have working SMP. In light of that, do you still feel we > should remove Turbolaser support? > >> device rl # RealTek 8129/8139 >> device vr # VIA Rhine, Rhine II >> device wx # Intel Gigabit Ethernet Card >> (``Wiseman'') > > These are pretty popular NICs such that we could easily have people > buying them at Frys and putting them in their PC164 class machines. > >> And add back in: >> >> - Multia/Noname >> - EB64 > > I might agree with EB64 if I can fit it in. But honestly, 5-CURRENT > is dogging right now on a DS-20. Running it on a Multia or NoName is > just not really reasonable. Most the Multias out there have Heat Death > Syndrome and don't get any real use. If I knew of someone besides just > you that had a VX42 I would consider the Multia a more capable machine. > I equate Multia/NoName with the i386(Pentium P5), which some want to > de-support in 5.0. I've got two :-) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message