From owner-freebsd-alpha Fri Dec 8 15:27:44 2000 From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 8 15:27:42 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mass.osd.bsdi.com (adsl-63-202-176-64.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [63.202.176.64]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 387A537B400; Fri, 8 Dec 2000 15:27:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from mass.osd.bsdi.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mass.osd.bsdi.com (8.11.0/8.11.1) with ESMTP id eB8NakF02755; Fri, 8 Dec 2000 15:36:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from msmith@mass.osd.bsdi.com) Message-Id: <200012082336.eB8NakF02755@mass.osd.bsdi.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: Terry Lambert 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) In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 08 Dec 2000 22:53:58 GMT." <200012082253.PAA26976@usr01.primenet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2000 15:36:46 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: msmith@mass.osd.bsdi.com Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > > 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] V I C T O R Y N O T V E N G E A N C E To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message