Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1998 18:55:08 -0500 (EST) From: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Boot kern.flp wedges -- now what? Message-ID: <13946.60123.497756.812673@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> In-Reply-To: <199812182202.OAA02955@dingo.cdrom.com> References: <13946.35442.260953.650982@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <199812182202.OAA02955@dingo.cdrom.com>
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Mike Smith writes: > > > > > > Also, FreeBSD does not yet support IDE devices > > > > > > You're talking about FreeBSD-alpha, right? FreeBSD-intel does IDE just > > > fine. What's the story with IDE on alpha? > > > > Last I checked, isa devices requiring DMA didn't work yet, and the > > new, pci-only driver wasn't yet done. (at least I though somebody was > > working on one...) I'd be happy to be wrong about that ;-) > > This took a hit when Soren's system and his backup tapes were stolen. > I'm not sure how much momentum we've lost, but I'd say quite a lot. That stinks.. I'm really sorry to hear about it. Drew ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Andrew Gallatin, Sr Systems Programmer http://www.cs.duke.edu/~gallatin Duke University Email: gallatin@cs.duke.edu Department of Computer Science Phone: (919) 660-6590 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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