From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 2 06:50:14 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 91FF216A4D1 for ; Tue, 2 Dec 2003 06:50:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD78743FD7 for ; Tue, 2 Dec 2003 06:50:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id hB2EoDFY022507 for ; Tue, 2 Dec 2003 06:50:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id hB2EoD97022506; Tue, 2 Dec 2003 06:50:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats) Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2003 06:50:13 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200312021450.hB2EoD97022506@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org From: Kris Kennaway Subject: Re: kern/59896: trm driver is not in GENERIC X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Kris Kennaway List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2003 14:50:14 -0000 The following reply was made to PR kern/59896; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Kris Kennaway To: Ted Mittelstaedt Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/59896: trm driver is not in GENERIC Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2003 06:43:24 -0800 --FCuugMFkClbJLl1L Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Tue, Dec 02, 2003 at 12:41:53AM -0800, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > I guess that there are a number of other drivers that may be required > in the install floppy for specific machines, and they are not there due > to lack of space. (perhaps?) > I would suggest that the FreeBSD release team consider releasing > a total of 2 kern.flp floppy disk images. The first is the "normal" > install image. The second is an alternate image that contains an > alternate kernel, which carries the drivers that are missing from > the main one. Most people would of course continue to use the > normal kern.flp file to install FreeBSD from, and only people with > "weird" hardware would use the alternate kernel. Erm..don't we already do this? Looking at release/i386/drivers.conf I see that the trm driver is included on drivers.flp. Kris --FCuugMFkClbJLl1L Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/zKULWry0BWjoQKURAp/gAKDHUy2sRLqaFSeKx8SNn9QYEYbNmwCgpNu4 7zlJBn42I/idZF9YcwNbdOc= =iCTK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --FCuugMFkClbJLl1L--