Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 14:12:08 -0400 From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Roman Kurakin <rik@cronyx.ru> Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/conf files.i386 src/sys/modules Makefile src/sys/modules/el Makefile src/sys/i386/conf NOTES src/sys/i386/isa if_el.c if_elreg.h Message-ID: <200508301412.09936.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <431459EB.8070405@cronyx.ru> References: <200508261342.j7QDg4gc052237@repoman.freebsd.org> <431459EB.8070405@cronyx.ru>
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On Tuesday 30 August 2005 09:06 am, Roman Kurakin wrote: > John Baldwin wrote: > >jhb 2005-08-26 13:42:04 UTC > > > > FreeBSD src repository > > > > Modified files: > > sys/conf files.i386 > > sys/modules Makefile > > sys/i386/conf NOTES > > Removed files: > > sys/modules/el Makefile > > sys/i386/isa if_el.c if_elreg.h > > Log: > > Remove the el(4) driver for 3Com 3c501 ISA NICs from HEAD as threatened > > earlier as no one has stepped up to test recent changes to the driver. > > Oddly, the module was actually turned on on ia64 though I'm fairly > > certain that no ia64 machine has ever had or will ever have an ISA slot. > > I can find a link to an external bridge for ISA if you want. > I don't know if it would work under FreeBSD, but you > may try to run ISA card on ia64 that way. > You may even try to made this device by yourself if the > soldering iron is your friend. > > rik The ia64 comment was more that the module probably shouldn't have been enabled on ia64 in the first place. Why would you want to hack up a way to stick an 8-bit ISA 10Mbit ethernet card in a machine that probably has at least one (probably two or more) 10/100 (if not gige) builtin NICs. -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" = http://www.FreeBSD.org
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