From owner-freebsd-alpha Mon Nov 5 10:23:20 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from smtpzilla3.xs4all.nl (smtpzilla3.xs4all.nl [194.109.127.139]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D183137B405; Mon, 5 Nov 2001 10:23:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) by smtpzilla3.xs4all.nl (8.12.0/8.12.0) with ESMTP id fA5INF2v068783; Mon, 5 Nov 2001 19:23:16 +0100 (CET) Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.11.6/8.11.6) id fA5INFe70646; Mon, 5 Nov 2001 19:23:15 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 19:23:15 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte To: "Bruce A. Mah" Cc: John Baldwin , freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: CFR: Hardware notes update for Alpha architecture Message-ID: <20011105192315.A70612@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <200111051729.fA5HThe09234@c527597-a.cstvl1.sfba.home.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i 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 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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