From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 15 21:40:49 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: arch@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B80DD6E0 for ; Tue, 15 Apr 2014 21:40:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from troutmask.apl.washington.edu (troutmask.apl.washington.edu [128.95.76.21]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "troutmask.apl.washington.edu", Issuer "troutmask.apl.washington.edu" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 95DF810A7 for ; Tue, 15 Apr 2014 21:40:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from troutmask.apl.washington.edu (localhost.apl.washington.edu [127.0.0.1]) by troutmask.apl.washington.edu (8.14.8/8.14.8) with ESMTP id s3FLeggO073501 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 15 Apr 2014 14:40:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu) Received: (from sgk@localhost) by troutmask.apl.washington.edu (8.14.8/8.14.8/Submit) id s3FLegbH073500; Tue, 15 Apr 2014 14:40:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sgk) Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2014 14:40:42 -0700 From: Steve Kargl To: Warner Losh Subject: Re: EISA in GENERIC Message-ID: <20140415214042.GA73405@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> References: <957D23B4-264C-4AAB-945C-F82B9877FAC9@bsdimp.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <957D23B4-264C-4AAB-945C-F82B9877FAC9@bsdimp.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Cc: "freebsd-arch@freebsd.org" X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2014 21:40:49 -0000 On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 02:50:14PM -0600, Warner Losh wrote: > > The time has come to trim EISA from the generic i386 kernel. > > Please see http://people.freebsd.org/~imp/patch-queue/eisa for > the proposed change. It introduces a MK_EISA too so one can > control building the eisa-only modules as well as the eisa attachments > in modules. > > There are those that say it is time to vote EISA off the island. Perhaps, > but that?s a completely different discussion than the one I?m wanting > to have now. The normal way that should be done is to remove it in 12 > after disabling it in 11. > No problem with intent of patch. Do you need to make any changes for bt(4)? My first foray into EISA used at Buslogic BT-742A. 'man bt' does not show a dependence on 'device eisa', but bt(4) certainly supported EISA cards. -- Steve