From owner-freebsd-alpha Mon Nov 5 8:22:26 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from smtpzilla1.xs4all.nl (smtpzilla1.xs4all.nl [194.109.127.137]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C70DD37B405; Mon, 5 Nov 2001 08:22:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) by smtpzilla1.xs4all.nl (8.12.0/8.12.0) with ESMTP id fA5GMJfW059555; Mon, 5 Nov 2001 17:22:20 +0100 (CET) Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.11.6/8.11.6) id fA5GMJS70281; Mon, 5 Nov 2001 17:22:19 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 17:22:19 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte To: John Baldwin Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.org, "Bruce A. Mah" Subject: Re: CFR: Hardware notes update for Alpha architecture Message-ID: <20011105172219.A70264@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <20011105112256.A69491@freebie.xs4all.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from jhb@FreeBSD.org on Mon, Nov 05, 2001 at 07:49:52AM -0800 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, Nov 05, 2001 at 07:49:52AM -0800, John Baldwin wrote: > > On 05-Nov-01 Wilko Bulte wrote: > > On Sun, Nov 04, 2001 at 05:49:26PM -0800, Bruce A. Mah wrote: > > > > Hi Bruce, > > > > I've been busy with things like business travel. Sorry for the delay. > > > > My comments: > > > > - I'm not too sure EISA (like the Adaptec 1740) works on Alpha. > > I don't have any EISA capable Alphas so I invite comments from those > > that have. > > The 4100's need the 'eisa' bus to find the 'isa' bus, but I'm not sure eisa > devices are supported. We do at least minimally support the bus itself however. The bus yes. But adapter cards on them.. I know the Compaq Qvision EISA VGA card works. That is about it. > > - Any reference to VLB is bogus on Alpha > > - DEFPA works on ALpha (Ihave 2 DEFPA). I think DEFEA (EISA) does not work. > > Comments? > > - I doubt USB ethernet was ever tested on Alpha. > > It hasn't been tested, but I would expect for it work as USB in general works. This brings up the fundamental question what we want to list as supported: tested, or expected to just-work. > > - Same for USB ZIP on alpha. > > USB floppy did work, so USB zip should probably work as well. USB keyboards > and mice also worked on the XP900 I tested USB support on. OK. > > -- > > John Baldwin -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ > PGP Key: http://www.baldwin.cx/~john/pgpkey.asc > "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ ---end of quoted text--- -- | / o / /_ _ email: wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte Arnhem, The Netherlands To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message