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Date:      Sun, 25 Jan 2015 10:58:27 -0700
From:      Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>
To:        Garrett Cooper <yaneurabeya@gmail.com>
Cc:        "svn-src-head@freebsd.org" <svn-src-head@freebsd.org>, "svn-src-all@freebsd.org" <svn-src-all@freebsd.org>, Sergey Kandaurov <pluknet@freebsd.org>, "src-committers@freebsd.org" <src-committers@freebsd.org>, =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r277694 - head/sys/amd64/conf
Message-ID:  <ACD3E985-9D43-42B6-B141-CDA5AE61F517@bsdimp.com>
In-Reply-To: <6366BFE6-1A9F-433C-99F5-65B9D905AEF5@gmail.com>
References:  <201501251202.t0PC2crJ029665@svn.freebsd.org> <CAE-mSOJtB19QA9rop_OnjNRagLdDw=Wi1y3OURtGnjBP=Mgg5A@mail.gmail.com> <6366BFE6-1A9F-433C-99F5-65B9D905AEF5@gmail.com>

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> On Jan 25, 2015, at 7:54 AM, Garrett Cooper <yaneurabeya@gmail.com> =
wrote:
>=20
>=20
>> On Jan 25, 2015, at 04:43, Sergey Kandaurov <pluknet@freebsd.org> =
wrote:
>>=20
>>> On 25 January 2015 at 15:02, Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav =
<des@freebsd.org> wrote:
>>> Author: des
>>> Date: Sun Jan 25 12:02:38 2015
>>> New Revision: 277694
>>> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/277694
>>>=20
>>> Log:
>>> Remove ISA NICs.  Anyone still using these on amd64 can build their
>>> own kernel.
>>>=20
>>> Modified:
>>> head/sys/amd64/conf/GENERIC
>>=20
>> If so, what about i386? (I'd rather not pc98)
>> What about device isa in DEFAULTS?
>=20
> isa is still needed in some scenarios. I just don't remember the full =
details offhand (something about internal buses iirc... And IPMI for =
starters...)

"isa=E2=80=9D in this context should be read as =E2=80=9Cmainbus=E2=80=9D =
not as =E2=80=9CISA slots=E2=80=9D. You can=E2=80=99t
remove it without some significant work, and even then the interface =
changes
to long established interfaces isn=E2=80=99t worth the pain.

Warner




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