Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2011 15:42:12 -0600 From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> To: Andrew Lankford <lankfordandrew@charter.net> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: scd and mcd Message-ID: <1E3F5B85-5A1A-4118-A9D8-932F46619C79@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <4DB3142A.4000807@charter.net> References: <4DB3142A.4000807@charter.net>
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On Apr 23, 2011, at 12:02 PM, Andrew Lankford wrote: > While we're talking about recent MFC's for SATA hardware (works for = me, but I still need the old ata drivers for my cdrom), is anyone out = there really still using the mcd (fbsd 1.0 vintage) and scd (2.0.5) = drivers? mcd and scd are ISA-only devices. ISA expansion bus only. ISA slots = disappeared off Mobos about 4 years ago entirely. PATA/IDE connectors = have been built into mobos for the past 15ish years. They were = important for the 386 (now not supported) and 486 machines. Since the = 486 machines in question maxed out at 32MB, and 8.x has trouble running = in 32MB on x86, I'm guessing there aren't too many 486 SX/DX machines = running 8.x. Therefore, I'd bet money that neither mcd nor scd have attached on any = machine running 8.x :) Warner
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