Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2000 15:36:46 -0800 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: wkb@freebie.demon.nl (Wilko Bulte), msmith@freebsd.org (Mike Smith), diz@cafes.net (Mike Eldridge), freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Borg SRM? (was: Lynx test / 2nd attempt) Message-ID: <200012082336.eB8NakF02755@mass.osd.bsdi.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 08 Dec 2000 22:53:58 GMT." <200012082253.PAA26976@usr01.primenet.com>
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> > > Why? Why not just push Compaq to bring back the already-extant SRM
> > > support for Adaptec controllers into their other SRM families?
> >
> > A waste of time to try this. Especially for all non-current hardware.
>
> That was my take, too, particularly since Linux appears to
> have already worked around the problem. I think the only
> chance is to make FreeBSD work with the available images for
> a given platform, not expect new images.
... and since the only platforms for which SRM is not available are
almost as archaic as the Turbochannel machines, there is no ROI worth
mentioning in this arena.
--
... every activity meets with opposition, everyone who acts has his
rivals and unfortunately opponents also. But not because people want
to be opponents, rather because the tasks and relationships force
people to take different points of view. [Dr. Fritz Todt]
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