Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 15:58:46 -0600 From: Scott Long <scottl@freebsd.org> To: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> Cc: cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Floppies for ALPHA [Re: cvs commit: src/sys/conf files.alpha src/sys/alpha/conf GENERIC NOTES] Message-ID: <3F1C6216.3020006@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20030721214042.GA563@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <200307211915.h6LJFPJY054212@repoman.freebsd.org> <20030721214042.GA563@freebie.xs4all.nl>
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Wilko Bulte wrote: > On Mon, Jul 21, 2003 at 12:15:25PM -0700, Bernd Walter wrote: > >>ticso 2003/07/21 12:15:25 PDT >> >> FreeBSD src repository >> >> Modified files: >> sys/conf files.alpha >> sys/alpha/conf GENERIC NOTES >> Log: >> Enable eisa support on alpha. >> We need eisa bridge support on some models, which now depends on having >> eisa in the kernel. > > > Without having checked: what about the bootfloppy? > This is a loosing fight. While there is still some value in having floppies for x86, is there really any value in them for Alpha? My understanding is that CD-ROMs have been standard on all Alphas for the past 5-10 years. Netbooting is an easy alternative for those without CDs or bandwidth. We do not do floppies for sparc64 and ia64, and I would hope/expect that we don't do them for amd64. I think it's time to cut them out of Alpha. Scott
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