From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 27 22:14:25 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9679516A4CE for ; Fri, 27 Aug 2004 22:14:25 +0000 (GMT) Received: from zaphod.nitro.dk (port324.ds1-khk.adsl.cybercity.dk [212.242.113.79]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 491B643D48 for ; Fri, 27 Aug 2004 22:14:25 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from simon@zaphod.nitro.dk) Received: by zaphod.nitro.dk (Postfix, from userid 3000) id 8C61811AB6; Sat, 28 Aug 2004 00:14:24 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2004 00:14:24 +0200 From: "Simon L. Nielsen" To: Josh Paetzel Message-ID: <20040827221424.GI774@zaphod.nitro.dk> References: <20040824211131.GK760@zaphod.nitro.dk> <1093383676.725.123.camel@localhost> <20040826124356.GD707@arthur.nitro.dk> <200408260809.27146.josh@tcbug.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="p7qwJlK53pWzbayA" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200408260809.27146.josh@tcbug.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i cc: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tracking down devices in the Hardware Notes X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 22:14:25 -0000 --p7qwJlK53pWzbayA Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2004.08.26 08:09:27 -0500, Josh Paetzel wrote: > On Thursday 26 August 2004 07:43, you wrote: > > On 2004.08.24 14:41:17 -0700, Bruce A. Mah wrote: > > > On Tue, 2004-08-24 at 14:11, Simon L. Nielsen wrote: > > > > While working on the Harware Notes I have found two device > > > > entries where I can't really determine which driver is supposed > > > > to support them. > > > > > > > > Both were in version 1.1 of common/dev.sgml and not in the old > > > > HARDWARE.TXT. I also tried grepping in the source tree, but > > > > that hasn't helped in finding in the guilty drivers... The > > > > devices are: > > > > > > > > Seagate ST01/02 SCSI controllers > > > > Future Domain 8xx/950 series SCSI controllers > > > > > > I just popped in disc1 from 4.1-RELEASE/i386 (the oldest CD-ROM > > > set in front of me right now [1]) and both of these devices are > > > mentioned in RELNOTES.TXT as being "not supported by the new CAM > > > subsystem". This was a time when the release notes listed > > > supported hardware, partially (but not completely) duplicating > > > HARDWARE.TXT. > > > > > > I'm not sure what the state of these devices are now, or what > > > drivers they were mapped to. But that gives you a pretty good > > > idea how old they are. If no one speaks up after a suitable > > > amount of time, I'd say just nuke 'em. :-) > > > > OK, thanks I think I will just poke -current and see if anybody > > knows these devices, and nuke them if not. > > > > > [1] It still had the shrink wrap on it until ten minutes ago. I > > > hope this wasn't like cutting the tag off a Beanie Baby. > > > > Hehe :-). >=20 > I'm not sure if I'm following this thread correctly. :-/ >=20 > The Future Domain 850/9** SCSI controllers haven't been supported=20 > since the 2.x days. (Not really a big loss, they are 8 bit ISA=20 > cards) Ah, OK I suspected something like that.. Would you happen to remember which driver supported those controllers for reference? --=20 Simon L. Nielsen FreeBSD Documentation Team --p7qwJlK53pWzbayA Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBL7JAh9pcDSc1mlERAjAYAKDEQKrmgVziFliG7IXG8/L6ChPDnACfXdxg bWNMAlnq89L4hcwcnyFGpK4= =i2yA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --p7qwJlK53pWzbayA--