Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 17:43:48 +0200 From: Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no> To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Dag-Erling_Coidan_Sm=F8rgrav?= <dag-erli@ifi.uio.no> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Andreessen: Linux use growing Message-ID: <19980427174348.15863@follo.net> In-Reply-To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=3Cxzpn2d7mfwy=2Efsf=40hrotti=2Eifi=2Euio=2Eno=3E=3B_from?= =?iso-8859-1?Q?_Dag-Erling_Coidan_Sm=F8rgrav__on_Mon=2C_Apr_27=2C_1998_a?= =?iso-8859-1?Q?t_05=3A40=3A29PM_%2B0200?= References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980427095851.13346A-100000@germanium.xtalwind.net> <Pine.SOL.3.95q.980427150406.23293A-100000@red.csi.cam.ac.uk> <19980427173211.55066@follo.net> <xzpn2d7mfwy.fsf@hrotti.ifi.uio.no>
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On Mon, Apr 27, 1998 at 05:40:29PM +0200, Dag-Erling Coidan Smørgrav wrote: > Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no> writes: > > There has just been added code to allow further use of the BIOS; this > > might result in fall-back drivers, allowing you to boot from a > > BIOS-supported disk without a FreeBSD-specific driver. > > Performance issues blah blah blah... This is intended to allow GENERIC and friends to boot a controller (e.g. the DPT) before the actual driver has been compiled into the kernel. A bad-performing controller is better than no controller etc. Eivind. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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