From owner-cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 15 08:28:31 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-src@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE3AA37B401; Thu, 15 May 2003 08:28:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mx.nsu.ru (mx.nsu.ru [212.192.164.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D1E6143F3F; Thu, 15 May 2003 08:28:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from danfe@regency.nsu.ru) Received: from mail by mx.nsu.ru with drweb-scanned (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 19GKh4-0002Y2-00; Thu, 15 May 2003 22:30:54 +0700 Received: from regency.nsu.ru ([193.124.210.26]) by mx.nsu.ru with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 19GKgj-0002NR-00; Thu, 15 May 2003 22:30:33 +0700 Received: from regency.nsu.ru (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by regency.nsu.ru (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h4FFS5M5063968; Thu, 15 May 2003 22:28:05 +0700 (NOVST) (envelope-from danfe@regency.nsu.ru) Received: (from danfe@localhost) by regency.nsu.ru (8.12.8/8.12.8/Submit) id h4FFS5N8063967; Thu, 15 May 2003 22:28:05 +0700 (NOVST) Date: Thu, 15 May 2003 22:28:05 +0700 From: Alexey Dokuchaev To: Ruslan Ermilov Message-ID: <20030515152805.GA63529@regency.nsu.ru> References: <20030515014303.GA53992@dragon.nuxi.com> <20030515033930.GD20512@elvis.mu.org> <20030515062249.GA7577@sunbay.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030515062249.GA7577@sunbay.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-Envelope-To: wilko@freebsd.org, rwatson@freebsd.org, obrien@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-src@freebsd.org, ru@freebsd.org X-Bogosity: No, tests=bogofilter, spamicity=0.000000, version=0.11.1.4 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-134.0 required=5.0 tests=BOGOFILTER_TEST_PASS,EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,IN_REP_TO, QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REFERENCES,REPLY_WITH_QUOTES, USER_AGENT_MUTT,USER_IN_WHITELIST version=2.50 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.50 (1.173-2003-02-20-exp) cc: David O'Brien cc: src-committers@freebsd.org cc: Robert Watson cc: Wilko Bulte cc: cvs-src@freebsd.org cc: cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/release/alpha drivers.conf X-BeenThere: cvs-src@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the src tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 15 May 2003 15:28:32 -0000 On Thu, May 15, 2003 at 09:22:49AM +0300, Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > On Wed, May 14, 2003 at 08:39:30PM -0700, Jon Mini wrote: > > Robert Watson [rwatson@FreeBSD.org] wrote : > > > I think they'll be needed for i386 for a while yet, but when it comes to > > > the newer 64-bit platforms, I tend to agree. I don't even know if you can > > > buy a sparc64 box with a floppy drive at this point... It's hard for > > > me to imagine anyone shipping an ia64 or amd64 machine with a floppy > > > disk drive but without a bootable CDROM... > > > > The last time I used a boot floppy was over a year ago when I had > > made some changes to the boot code and needed to make sure it still > > worked for floppies. > > > > I can see the argument for supporting floppies on i386, but future > > platforms don't require it. I think that these days it is harder > > to find a floppy than a blank CDR, but then maybe that's because I > > have an Apple laptop. > > > Not everyone has a CD-R/RW burner, you know that? I'm more > in a mood to remove the support for modern drivers from BOOTMFS > and driver floppies, assuming that if one has a modern enough > hardware she also have a CD-ROM drive. Killing functionality > like this would just decrease the number of potential FreeBSD > installations (not to say users). I second this. Floppies are going to be in use for quite a long time just yet. Lots of people prefer to install from FTP while booting from floppies to save the disc for something more useful than bootstrap platform for one-time installation. ./danfe