From owner-freebsd-current Mon Apr 24 12: 7:29 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mail.ddg.com (eunuch.ddg.com [216.30.58.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CFF8037B7E5 for ; Mon, 24 Apr 2000 12:07:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rkw@dataplex.net) Received: from nomad.dataplex.net (24.28.73.209) by mail.ddg.com with SMTP (Eudora Internet Mail Server 2.1); Mon, 24 Apr 2000 14:07:22 -0500 From: Richard Wackerbarth To: wc.bulte@chello.nl Subject: Re: asm_pci.h,v Holy cow! Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 14:07:22 -0500 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.1.41] Content-Type: text/plain References: <39041698.15FB7483@elischer.org> <00042413373504.09404@nomad.dataplex.net> <20000424210010.A37127@yedi.wbnet> In-Reply-To: <20000424210010.A37127@yedi.wbnet> Cc: current@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <00042414072202.09427@nomad.dataplex.net> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 24 Apr 2000, you wrote: > > 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 Alpha machines that download out-of-date firmware from their SRMs so depend 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. Sure it is. I certainly have a fine system without any SCSI adapter. The whole move toward loadable modules is to make the kernel into a "cafeteria" rather than a "blue plate". That firmware is a required part of a particular driver is not in dispute. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message