Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 17:22:19 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.org, "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: CFR: Hardware notes update for Alpha architecture Message-ID: <20011105172219.A70264@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.011105074952.jhb@FreeBSD.org>; from jhb@FreeBSD.org on Mon, Nov 05, 2001 at 07:49:52AM -0800 References: <20011105112256.A69491@freebie.xs4all.nl> <XFMail.011105074952.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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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 <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- 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
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