Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2008 08:48:46 -0600 From: Dan Allen <danallen46@airwired.net> To: Oliver Peter <lists@peter.de.com> Cc: Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7.1 Content Message-ID: <2FFE8E59-5CF1-4D65-BD6C-4ED8DE8FB14D@airwired.net> In-Reply-To: <20080904094218.GB32453@nemesis.frida.mouhaha.de> References: <35445338-D597-4FE2-996F-DEC7BE986741@airwired.net> <20080903191454.GA15376@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> <32833CD6-DE00-4FDB-A01A-B86B0A25B3E4@airwired.net> <20080904094218.GB32453@nemesis.frida.mouhaha.de>
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On 4 Sep 2008, at 3:42 AM, Oliver Peter wrote: > On Wed, Sep 03, 2008 at 02:58:45PM -0600, Dan Allen wrote: >> >> On 3 Sep 2008, at 1:14 PM, Peter Jeremy wrote: >> >>> Your patches to add support for the i4965 and your Marvell 88E80xx >>> must have been stripped by the mailing list software. Can you >>> please >>> re-send them. >> >> I have not written patches, thus I did not send any patches. > > | > `--> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarcasm > > Btw. my philosophy is if you would like to use your favourite open > source > operating system - which I guess is FreeBSD - on your new hardware, > you > should spend additional 15 minutes when you make the decision what > hardware > you are going to buy and check the specs with the "Hardware Notes" at > http://www.freebsd.org/where.html. > > Complaining afterwards is easy but no one forces you to buy > unsupported > hardware. Point taken. A $500 Dell laptop, however, will be a popular machine and sooner or later should be supported. You know I thought you were being sarcastic, but then I was not sure... Dan
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