From owner-freebsd-ia64@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 15 19:47:06 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33FA237B401 for ; Thu, 15 May 2003 19:47:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sixshooter.v6.thrupoint.net (sixshooter.v6.thrupoint.net [65.242.152.6]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E84443F85 for ; Thu, 15 May 2003 19:47:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jpb@sixshooter.v6.thrupoint.net) Received: from sixshooter.v6.thrupoint.net (localhost.v6.thrupoint.net [127.0.0.1]) by sixshooter.v6.thrupoint.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 624E54CF9 for ; Thu, 15 May 2003 22:47:02 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from jpb@localhost)h4G2l2qk025130 for freebsd-ia64@FreeBSD.org; Thu, 15 May 2003 22:47:02 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 15 May 2003 22:47:01 -0400 From: Jim Brown To: freebsd-ia64@FreeBSD.org Message-ID: <20030516024701.GA25123@sixshooter.v6.thrupoint.net> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-ia64@FreeBSD.org References: <20030513204720.GA20034@sixshooter.v6.thrupoint.net> <20030514000418.GA735@athlon.pn.xcllnt.net> <20030514162611.GA64570@intruder.bmah.org> <20030514182153.GB553@athlon.pn.xcllnt.net> <20030514183751.GA65771@intruder.bmah.org> <20030514190332.GC553@athlon.pn.xcllnt.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030514190332.GC553@athlon.pn.xcllnt.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Subject: Re: FreeBSD/ia64 5.1-BETA Hardware Notes Page Preview X-BeenThere: freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the IA-64 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 02:47:06 -0000 * Marcel Moolenaar [2003-05-14 15:03]: > On Wed, May 14, 2003 at 11:37:51AM -0700, Bruce A. Mah wrote: > > > > If all else fails we can sum up the device we think have > > > a chance to work. Just collect all the devices we know about and > > > filter out those devices that don't have PCI interfaces. Given > > > that we don't have much experience in the field, describing what > > > we expect on top of what we know may be informative... > > > > That's a thought...I think that the sparc64 hardware notes had some > > informed conjecture along these lines too (maybe it still does). > > Or alternatively: sum up all devices and have a colorcoded bullet that > indicates the chance of it working. Something like: > > Green: Been there, done that > Yellow: Should Work (tm) > Orange: probably not > Red: when hell freezes over > > Anyway: just more thoughts. I think adding some contents is the way > to go. What exactly, I leave to Jim :-) > > -- > Marcel Moolenaar USPA: A-39004 marcel@xcllnt.net > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ia64 > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ia64-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Sounds like a table to me. I especially like that last row... I'l put some thought into it... jpb ===