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Date: Sun, 18 May 2003 23:38:32 +0200
From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl>
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On Sun, May 18, 2003 at 02:30:52PM -0700, David O'Brien wrote:
> On Sun, May 18, 2003 at 11:31:30AM +0300, Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
> > Index: sys/alpha/conf/GENERIC
> > ===================================================================
> > RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/sys/alpha/conf/GENERIC,v
> > retrieving revision 1.159
> > diff -u -r1.159 GENERIC
> > --- sys/alpha/conf/GENERIC	21 Apr 2003 16:44:04 -0000	1.159
> > +++ sys/alpha/conf/GENERIC	18 May 2003 08:26:10 -0000
> > @@ -95,6 +95,7 @@
> >  # SCSI Controllers
> >  device		ahc		# AHA2940 and onboard AIC7xxx devices
> >  device		isp		# Qlogic family
> > +device		ispfw		# Firmware module for Qlogic host adapters
> 
> Why?  The isp(4) and ispfw(4) maintainer has purposely not done this.

Matt (mjacob) has learned me that having the right firmware
loaded via ispfw.ko can be quite crucial to have isp operate correctly.
ispfw.ko is rather big, due to the various different isp f/w
revs/cards it supports.

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