From owner-freebsd-stable Wed Mar 11 19:57:06 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA20287 for freebsd-stable-outgoing; Wed, 11 Mar 1998 19:57:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA20129; Wed, 11 Mar 1998 19:55:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id TAA25717; Wed, 11 Mar 1998 19:53:10 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199803120353.TAA25717@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Atipa cc: cgull@smoke.marlboro.vt.us, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, sos@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: When will busmastering be committed? In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 11 Mar 1998 20:46:34 MST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 19:53:09 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk > > More precisely, IDE DMA busmastering for certain chipsets (PIIX-based, et > al). I believe the code was by a Mr Hood. (John Hood?) Ah. I don't think John is a regular -stable reader, nor are Soren nor John Dyson, the comitters most serious about the code. Last I recall, there were some concerns about a number of issues still outstanding. I've copied John and Soren on this; let's see what they have to say on the matter. > Kevin > > On Wed, 11 Mar 1998, Mike Smith wrote: > > > > > > > I think this should be considered "safe" by now. Anyone know when it will > > > be commited to 2.2.X? > > > > Uh, busmastering *what*? > > > > -- > > \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith > > \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au > > \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org > > \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > > > > -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message