Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 19:23:15 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.ORG>, freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: CFR: Hardware notes update for Alpha architecture Message-ID: <20011105192315.A70612@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <200111051729.fA5HThe09234@c527597-a.cstvl1.sfba.home.com>; from bmah@FreeBSD.ORG on Mon, Nov 05, 2001 at 09:29:43AM -0800 References: <XFMail.011105085833.jhb@FreeBSD.org> <200111051729.fA5HThe09234@c527597-a.cstvl1.sfba.home.com>
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On Mon, Nov 05, 2001 at 09:29:43AM -0800, Bruce A. Mah wrote: > If memory serves me right, John Baldwin wrote: > > >> > - I doubt USB ethernet was ever tested on Alpha. > > >> > > >> It hasn't been tested, but I would expect for it work as USB in general > > >> works. > > > > > > This brings up the fundamental question what we want to list as > > > supported: tested, or expected to just-work. > > Personally, I don't have any real strong feelings either way, but I've > been proceeding more-or-less on the principle of "it's been tested", > subject to the issue I raise below. Right, it better work if we 'officially' list it as supported. > > Well, if we only list one, it should be 'tested'. If we are going to list > > both, then the 'expected to just-work' items should be either tagged as such > > or > > listed in a separate section. That separate section may require a good chunk > > of DSSSL fu however. > > There's also the question of at what granularity should we be concerned > with "tested" or "should work" or whatever. I'm trying to keep things > on the granularity of drivers (or driver and bus combinations) if > possible, rather than specific models of devices. I would propose: 'tested, OK' , 'untested, should work' and 'forget it' W/ -- | / o / /_ _ email: wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte Arnhem, The Netherlands To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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