Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 14:37:52 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org> To: Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Wilko Bulte <wilko@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/alpha/conf GENERIC Message-ID: <20041110223752.GA29443@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <20041109222553.GU8120@darkness.comp.waw.pl> References: <200411092223.iA9MNY7E055666@repoman.freebsd.org> <20041109222553.GU8120@darkness.comp.waw.pl>
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On Tue, Nov 09, 2004 at 11:25:53PM +0100, Pawel Jakub Dawidek wrote: > On Tue, Nov 09, 2004 at 10:23:34PM +0000, Wilko Bulte wrote: > +> wilko 2004-11-09 22:23:34 UTC > +> > +> FreeBSD src repository > +> > +> Modified files: > +> sys/alpha/conf GENERIC > +> Log: > +> Get in sync with reality: TurboLaser was never really well supported to > +> start with, so let it die in peace. While there, remove Multia-class > +> as 486-like performance will not buy us much when 6.x arrives. > [...] > +> # Platforms supported > +> options API_UP1000 # UP1000, UP1100 (Nautilus) > +> -options DEC_AXPPCI_33 # UDB, Multia, AXPpci33, NoName > > Hey, I've this HW, but not running yet. Don't tell me that I'll never > be able to run it... You can -- Wilko simply took it out of GENERIC. You can install 5.3 and upgrade to 6-CURRENT. I don't imagine the axing of kernel support for DEC_AXPPCI_33 as the code is tiny, is a platform statement, not a CPU instruction set statement as with axing I386 support. We'd need to axe 21064 support to get that type of gain with Alpha. -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)
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