From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Apr 27 08:47:32 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA06909 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Mon, 27 Apr 1998 08:47:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns1.yes.no (ns1.yes.no [195.119.24.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA06463 for ; Mon, 27 Apr 1998 08:44:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from eivind@bitbox.follo.net) Received: from bitbox.follo.net (bitbox.follo.net [194.198.43.36]) by ns1.yes.no (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id PAA27312; Mon, 27 Apr 1998 15:43:53 GMT Received: (from eivind@localhost) by bitbox.follo.net (8.8.8/8.8.6) id RAA02892; Mon, 27 Apr 1998 17:43:52 +0200 (MET DST) Message-ID: <19980427174348.15863@follo.net> Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 17:43:48 +0200 From: Eivind Eklund To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Dag-Erling_Coidan_Sm=F8rgrav?= Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Andreessen: Linux use growing References: <19980427173211.55066@follo.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89.1i 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_+0200?= Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, Apr 27, 1998 at 05:40:29PM +0200, Dag-Erling Coidan Smørgrav wrote: > Eivind Eklund 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