Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 15:08:02 -0600 From: Ted Spradley <tsprad@set.spradley.tmi.net> To: shimon@simon-shapiro.org Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DPT in GENERIC Message-ID: <E0yCWFm-0000KT-00@set.spradley.tmi.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 10 Mar 1998 11:07:47 PST." <XFMail.980310110747.shimon@simon-shapiro.org>
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> Is there any objection for the DPT driver being added to the GENERIC kernel
> configuration and thus being available on the standard boot floppy?
I don't have any objection to the DPT driver in GENERIC if it doesn't break
anything else, but I do object to this:
>
> ``I do not know what/do not have a DPT controller'' is not a valid
> objection.
The reason I object is this:
>
> The DPT driver allows FreeBSD users the use of a family of SCSI RAID
> controllers which are typically used in high end servers. For details
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I'd bet that folks who've got these DPT things don't often run GENERIC kernels
on their high-end servers, and probably don't have too much trouble getting
FreeBSD installed on those high-end servers even though the GENERIC kernel
lacks a driver they need. The GENERIC kernel has to fit on the boot floppy
that's used to do an initial installation on a machine that's the only
computer in the building, and not connected to any network. As long as adding
the DPT driver doesn't adversely effect that, then fine, add it.
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