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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'

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