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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:
> 
> 
>> On Jan 25, 2015, at 04:43, Sergey Kandaurov <pluknet@freebsd.org> wrote:
>> 
>>> On 25 January 2015 at 15:02, Dag-Erling Smørgrav <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
>>> 
>>> Log:
>>> Remove ISA NICs.  Anyone still using these on amd64 can build their
>>> own kernel.
>>> 
>>> Modified:
>>> head/sys/amd64/conf/GENERIC
>> 
>> If so, what about i386? (I'd rather not pc98)
>> What about device isa in DEFAULTS?
> 
> 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” in this context should be read as “mainbus” not as “ISA slots”. You can’t
remove it without some significant work, and even then the interface changes
to long established interfaces isn’t worth the pain.

Warner




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