From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Dec 8 12: 0: 6 2000 From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 8 11:59:59 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from relay.nuxi.com (nuxi.cs.ucdavis.edu [169.237.7.38]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4EBA37B400; Fri, 8 Dec 2000 11:59:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from dragon.nuxi.com (Ipittythefoolthattrustsident@trang.nuxi.com [209.152.133.57]) by relay.nuxi.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id LAA39714; Fri, 8 Dec 2000 11:59:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from obrien@NUXI.com) Received: (from obrien@localhost) by dragon.nuxi.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) id eB8Jo5N81688; Fri, 8 Dec 2000 11:50:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from obrien) Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2000 11:50:04 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" To: "Chad R. Larson" Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org, stable@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: PCIOCGETCONF/PCIOCREAD requires write permission? Message-ID: <20001208115004.B81619@dragon.nuxi.com> Reply-To: stable@FreeBSD.org References: <200012080707.AAA12102@freeway.dcfinc.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <200012080707.AAA12102@freeway.dcfinc.com>; from chad@DCFinc.com on Fri, Dec 08, 2000 at 12:07:49AM -0700 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT Organization: The NUXI BSD group X-Pgp-Rsa-Fingerprint: B7 4D 3E E9 11 39 5F A3 90 76 5D 69 58 D9 98 7A X-Pgp-Rsa-Keyid: 1024/34F9F9D5 Sender: obrien@NUXI.com Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Dec 08, 2000 at 12:07:49AM -0700, Chad R. Larson wrote: > I thought the space staked out by the *BSD gang was approximately > this: > NetBSD - the least amount of platform-specific code possible; run > on most anything > OpenBSD - pro-active security, bullet-proof from attacks > FreeBSD - best performing on the Intel PC platform s/the Intel PC/server/ The Alpha has very good I/O bandwidth and 64-bit address space. Thus it fits our niche. You also mentioned Sparc, but really should have said sparc64(pci based). hopefully embeded soon too. -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org) GNU is Not Unix / Linux Is Not UniX To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message