From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Aug 20 11:23:28 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA26126 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Thu, 20 Aug 1998 11:23:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from labinfo.iet.unipi.it (labinfo.iet.unipi.it [131.114.9.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id LAA26120 for ; Thu, 20 Aug 1998 11:23:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it) Received: from localhost (luigi@localhost) by labinfo.iet.unipi.it (8.6.5/8.6.5) id SAA27429; Thu, 20 Aug 1998 18:37:35 +0200 From: Luigi Rizzo Message-Id: <199808201637.SAA27429@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> Subject: Re: TMC-950 scsi card To: jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard) Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 18:37:34 +0200 (MET DST) Cc: mike@smith.net.au, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <25293.903636704@time.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at Aug 20, 98 11:11:25 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > * as a user, having a wider choice is always a good thing not to > > mention that many times such cheap cards are available more or > > less for free. > > * from the FreeBSD point of view, having more cards supported means > > more "satisfied users" and thus it is better for the project. > > This is all somewhat moot. Do you see someone out there who wants to > develop a driver for the TMS-950 card? I sure don't, nor have I over > the 2+ years I've seen people asking for such support. :) well my comment was more general on supporting cheap hardware; i was not referring specifically to the TMC950. At least let's not try to discourage people from having a look at the linux sources and try to port their drivers... cheers luigi To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message