Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:38:10 -0700 From: Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org> To: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: "svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org" <svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org>, "sobomax@FreeBSD.org" <sobomax@FreeBSD.org>, "svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org" <svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org>, "src-committers@FreeBSD.org" <src-committers@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: svn commit: r187426 - head/sys/amd64/conf Message-ID: <D12A3B2C-2939-412C-8E8F-1825577551E5@samsco.org> In-Reply-To: <20090119.191554.511539281.imp@bsdimp.com> References: <497446D4.5020104@FreeBSD.org> <20090119.180830.1976921334.imp@bsdimp.com> <49752C10.5010309@FreeBSD.org> <20090119.191554.511539281.imp@bsdimp.com>
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I thought that at least some ofvthese SCSI cards were specific to pc98, which is exclusively 32bit on freebsd. Scott Sent from my iPhone On Jan 19, 2009, at 7:15 PM, "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> wrote: > In message: <49752C10.5010309@FreeBSD.org> > Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org> writes: > : M. Warner Losh wrote: > : > In message: <497446D4.5020104@FreeBSD.org> > : > Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org> writes: > : > : i386 only and don't have any particular reason to be i386- > specific (i.e. > : > : ISA/EISA drivers, PCMCIA drivers etc) into amd64 GENERIC > automatically > : > > : > Ahem. PC Card drivers are not, and never have been, i386 > specific. > : > At least not since we've moved to NEWCARD. You should remove that > : > from the list of things that you think are processor specific. > They > : > have worked on amd64 for a long time, and there are likely to be > a few > : > new PC Card bridge drivers in the tree soon for non-x86 platforms. > : > : Well, I supposed it was the reason why few SCSI cards were in i386 > : kernel, but weren't in amd64. Perhaps I was wrong. I am talking > about these: > : > : device ncv # NCR 53C500 > : device nsp # Workbit Ninja SCSI-3 > : device stg # TMC 18C30/18C50 > : > : Perhaps the reason is just that nobody has the hardware to test on > amd64. > > Correct. Those drivers have issues with amd64, or did when I did some > quick tests. I never revisited them because they are for fairly slow > cards to start with. They did work for me when I tried them on i386 > last. Of course none of them have been tested by me since about the > 7.0 branch. > > Warner
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