From owner-freebsd-current Mon Apr 24 12: 0:19 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from relay02.chello.nl (relay02.chello.nl [212.83.68.146]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 210A337BB9F for ; Mon, 24 Apr 2000 12:00:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wkb@chello.nl) Received: from chello.nl ([213.46.78.184]) by relay02.chello.nl (InterMail vK.4.02.00.00 201-232-116 license 99c8f334c649856e3f2cdadc4054e412) with ESMTP id <20000424190006.ZTMJ22628.relay02@chello.nl>; Mon, 24 Apr 2000 21:00:06 +0200 Received: (from wkb@localhost) by chello.nl (8.9.3/8.9.3) id VAA37178; Mon, 24 Apr 2000 21:00:10 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 21:00:10 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte To: Richard Wackerbarth Cc: Julian Elischer , current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: asm_pci.h,v Holy cow! Message-ID: <20000424210010.A37127@yedi.wbnet> Reply-To: wc.bulte@chello.nl References: <39041698.15FB7483@elischer.org> <200004241536.LAA33905@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> <39046BF1.1CFBAE39@elischer.org> <00042413373504.09404@nomad.dataplex.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <00042413373504.09404@nomad.dataplex.net>; from rkw@dataplex.net on Mon, Apr 24, 2000 at 01:43:44PM -0500 X-OS: FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Apr 24, 2000 at 01:43:44PM -0500, Richard Wackerbarth wrote: > On Mon, 24 Apr 2000, Julian Elischer wrote: > > > This seems well thought out and I certainly agree that we don't need > > DIFFs of firmware. > > I wonder if we can somehow "cheat time" and get that 13MB file out of > > the source tree and retro-actively tag the new scheme so > > that we don't have to carry it around forever :-) > > It looks like a port, > Smells like a port, > and tastes like a port. > It must be a ..... > > merlot ? > > Seriously, perhaps we should consider putting optional pieces of the kernel Firmware for a SCSI adapter is not optional. At least not on some of the Alpha machines that download out-of-date firmware from their SRMs so depend on the driver to load them with something up-to-date. -- Wilko Bulte Powered by FreeBSD http://www.freebsd.org http://www.tcja.nl To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message