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Date:      Tue, 10 Mar 1998 12:59:49 -0800 (PST)
From:      Tom <tom@uniserve.com>
To:        Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>
Cc:        shimon@simon-shapiro.org, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: DPT in GENERIC
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980310125802.29987C-100000@shell.uniserve.com>
In-Reply-To: <199803101959.MAA08570@usr01.primenet.com>

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On Tue, 10 Mar 1998, Terry Lambert wrote:

> > 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 do not know what/do not have a DPT controller'' is not a valid
> > objection.
> 
> Did you build a boot floppy, and verify that it doesn't make the
> kernel too large to fit or interfere with using the floppy to
> install a FreeBSD system?

  I doubt it, unless something else has bloated GENERIC lately.  Simon has
been making boot floppies with GENERIC and the dpt driver on them for some
time.

  The DPT card handles almost all SCSI processing on the card, so
the driver seems pretty simple.

> 					Terry Lambert
> 					terry@lambert.org
> ---
> Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
> or previous employers.

Tom


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