Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 11:24:29 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Wes Side Story <wdorale@rs1.mtmc.edu> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 2.2 release and PNP support Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.961216112251.260B-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <Pine.A32.3.92.961213160717.28734A-100000@rs1.mtmc.edu>
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On Fri, 13 Dec 1996, Wes Side Story wrote: > Will the 2.2 release of FBSD support PNP devices(will the current kernel > patch for PNP become a standard part of the kernel)? I have a PNP sound > card and PNP modem right now and it seems that learning how to patch the kernel > would be more work than its worth. I would really like to set up the > modem for dial in access however so I'm hoping that 2.2 will support it. I wasn't aware that there were any PnP patches for modems. I knew about the SB but... I don't think they will make it into 2.2. They're pretty radical changes that haven't seen time in the main -current tree (?) for a while and thus haven't been rigorously tested. You'll probably see them for 3.0 though. > Also, is the approx. release date for 2.2 still sometime around Jan '97? > I ask because I'm thinking of doing a complete server setup(POP3, WEB, > Samba, XWindows, ISP, MUD, Quake :), NFS, NNTP, etc...) as a part of my > senior project next semester and I all ready have 2.1.5 up and running > but for this I would like to use 2.2 if it will be released soon. I would > like to get to work on this poject ASAP. Any info is greatly appreciated. It still looks on track. Hopefully we'll see a BETA here pretty soon that will pretty much be what you'll see in the -RELEASE. I'm running 2.2-ALPHA on this box and it's as solid as a rock. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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