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Date:      Mon, 18 Jun 2001 18:19:44 -0700
From:      "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org>
To:        Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl>
Cc:        freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: axing 'device plip' from GENERIC?
Message-ID:  <20010618181944.K540@dragon.nuxi.com>
In-Reply-To: <20010617220618.A13414@freebie.xs4all.nl>; from wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl on Sun, Jun 17, 2001 at 10:06:18PM %2B0200
References:  <20010617220618.A13414@freebie.xs4all.nl>

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On Sun, Jun 17, 2001 at 10:06:18PM +0200, Wilko Bulte wrote:
> Anybody opposed to me axing:
> 
> device          plip            # TCP/IP over parallel
> 
> from GENERIC for the Alpha?

I don't see any reason to do so.  It is already out of the install
floppy.  But there is no harm in it staying in GENERIC.

> On all alpha models I've ever put FreeBSD on I just saw an error about
> plip not wanting to probe/attach/whatever (forgot the exact error).

If we take it out, it will never work again -- it will bitrot.

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