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Date:      Tue, 19 Jun 2001 07:53:40 +0200
From:      Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl>
To:        "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: axing 'device plip' from GENERIC?
Message-ID:  <20010619075340.A4458@freebie.xs4all.nl>
In-Reply-To: <20010618181944.K540@dragon.nuxi.com>; from obrien@freebsd.org on Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 06:19:44PM -0700
References:  <20010617220618.A13414@freebie.xs4all.nl> <20010618181944.K540@dragon.nuxi.com>

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On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 06:19:44PM -0700, David O'Brien wrote:
> 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.

And no use either. I could comment it out and mark it 'currently broken
on Alpha'?

> > 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.

Considering that has not worked on alpha that I can remember I would be 
surprised if anybody 'unrotted' it. 

Wilko
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