From owner-freebsd-ia64@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 14 12:03:36 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0AF7437B401; Wed, 14 May 2003 12:03:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ns1.xcllnt.net (209-128-86-226.bayarea.net [209.128.86.226]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F310543F3F; Wed, 14 May 2003 12:03:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marcel@xcllnt.net) Received: from athlon.pn.xcllnt.net (athlon.pn.xcllnt.net [192.168.4.3]) by ns1.xcllnt.net (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h4EJ3Wwk061678; Wed, 14 May 2003 12:03:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marcel@piii.pn.xcllnt.net) Received: from athlon.pn.xcllnt.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by athlon.pn.xcllnt.net (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h4EJ3WKj000732; Wed, 14 May 2003 12:03:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marcel@athlon.pn.xcllnt.net) Received: (from marcel@localhost) by athlon.pn.xcllnt.net (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h4EJ3Wq4000731; Wed, 14 May 2003 12:03:32 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 12:03:32 -0700 From: Marcel Moolenaar To: "Bruce A. Mah" Message-ID: <20030514190332.GC553@athlon.pn.xcllnt.net> References: <20030513204720.GA20034@sixshooter.v6.thrupoint.net> <20030514000418.GA735@athlon.pn.xcllnt.net> <20030514162611.GA64570@intruder.bmah.org> <20030514182153.GB553@athlon.pn.xcllnt.net> <20030514183751.GA65771@intruder.bmah.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030514183751.GA65771@intruder.bmah.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.3i cc: freebsd-ia64@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD/ia64 5.1-BETA Hardware Notes Page Preview X-BeenThere: freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the IA-64 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 19:03:36 -0000 On Wed, May 14, 2003 at 11:37:51AM -0700, Bruce A. Mah wrote: > > If all else fails we can sum up the device we think have > > a chance to work. Just collect all the devices we know about and > > filter out those devices that don't have PCI interfaces. Given > > that we don't have much experience in the field, describing what > > we expect on top of what we know may be informative... > > That's a thought...I think that the sparc64 hardware notes had some > informed conjecture along these lines too (maybe it still does). Or alternatively: sum up all devices and have a colorcoded bullet that indicates the chance of it working. Something like: Green: Been there, done that Yellow: Should Work (tm) Orange: probably not Red: when hell freezes over Anyway: just more thoughts. I think adding some contents is the way to go. What exactly, I leave to Jim :-) -- Marcel Moolenaar USPA: A-39004 marcel@xcllnt.net