Date: Wed, 16 Jul 1997 13:10:12 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@Glue.umd.edu> To: Steve Passe <smp@csn.net> Cc: smp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADS UP: EISA cards. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970716130832.11096A-100000@Journey2.mat.net> In-Reply-To: <199707160551.XAA06975@Ilsa.StevesCafe.com>
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On Tue, 15 Jul 1997, Steve Passe wrote: > Hi, > > DESIGN DECISION: > > I am about to make a design decision that will forever-more make the use > of EISA cards that use the EISA chipset DMA circuit impossible in the SMP > kernel. I posted a rather long email about this several days ago but got ZERO > response. So I can conclude that either: > > a: everyone agrees with this decision. > OR > b: no one with such hardware read that far. > > In the future I will use this "HEADS UP" format to get a summary of such > info to the top of email. For the record, here is a repost of the > pertinant info: Steve, I don't have an EISA smp board, so I felt I didn't need to reply, but your suggestion is fine with me. Thinking about it, the only EISA boards out there would be getting a little aged, and it seems fairly safe to exclude them from smp work. ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@eng.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 3.0 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------
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