From owner-freebsd-current Tue Apr 20 9:31:48 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mrelay.jrc.it (mrelay.jrc.it [139.191.1.65]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4DA6514EA6 for ; Tue, 20 Apr 1999 09:31:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nick.hibma@jrc.it) Received: from elpc36.jrc.it (elpc36.jrc.it [139.191.71.36]) by mrelay.jrc.it (LMC5692) with SMTP id SAA11614 for ; Tue, 20 Apr 1999 18:33:08 +0200 (MET DST) Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 18:29:17 +0200 (CEST) From: Nick Hibma X-Sender: n_hibma@elpc36.jrc.it Reply-To: Nick Hibma To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ATA driver for alpha (fwd) Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 18:29:04 +0200 (CEST) From: Nick Hibma To: Erik Haugen Bakke Subject: Re: ATA driver for alpha Jordan, you said nowadays one can simply compile a kernel < 1.44Mb and stick it on the disk kern.flp? People could appreciate this. I for one would like to make demo floppies to send to companies having supplied devices for USB support to show their devices at work. Nick > > > > I have ported the new ATA driver to the FreeBSD/alpha. This provides > > > > support for IDE disks and cdroms. The version of the driver in the tree > > > > has only been tested on one old 433au machine so your mileage may vary > > > >:-). For the adventurous, add these lines to your kernel config: > > > > > > > Hooray! > > > Just one question, though... > > > Will this driver support the Cypress CY82C693 controller on the AlphaPC > > > 164SX boards? > > > > I think so. > > > If anyone has / will compile a boot disk with the new kernel, > I would be very grateful if they could make it available for > download somewhere. :) > > Anyone tracking -current? > > Regards > --- > Erik H. Bakke > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message