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 -- | / o / / _ Arnhem, The Netherlands email: wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte http://www.FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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