Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 14:43:56 +0200 From: "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@FreeBSD.org> To: "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tracking down devices in the Hardware Notes Message-ID: <20040826124356.GD707@arthur.nitro.dk> In-Reply-To: <1093383676.725.123.camel@localhost> References: <20040824211131.GK760@zaphod.nitro.dk> <1093383676.725.123.camel@localhost>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On 2004.08.24 14:41:17 -0700, Bruce A. Mah wrote: > On Tue, 2004-08-24 at 14:11, Simon L. Nielsen wrote: > > > While working on the Harware Notes I have found two device entries > > where I can't really determine which driver is supposed to support > > them. > > > > Both were in version 1.1 of common/dev.sgml and not in the old > > HARDWARE.TXT. I also tried grepping in the source tree, but that > > hasn't helped in finding in the guilty drivers... The devices are: > > > > Seagate ST01/02 SCSI controllers > > Future Domain 8xx/950 series SCSI controllers > > I just popped in disc1 from 4.1-RELEASE/i386 (the oldest CD-ROM set in > front of me right now [1]) and both of these devices are mentioned in > RELNOTES.TXT as being "not supported by the new CAM subsystem". This > was a time when the release notes listed supported hardware, partially > (but not completely) duplicating HARDWARE.TXT. > > I'm not sure what the state of these devices are now, or what drivers > they were mapped to. But that gives you a pretty good idea how old they > are. If no one speaks up after a suitable amount of time, I'd say just > nuke 'em. :-) OK, thanks I think I will just poke -current and see if anybody knows these devices, and nuke them if not. > [1] It still had the shrink wrap on it until ten minutes ago. I hope > this wasn't like cutting the tag off a Beanie Baby. Hehe :-). -- Simon L. Nielsen FreeBSD Documentation Team [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBLdsMh9pcDSc1mlERAsduAJ0YxK9HgKRMBNXibso6mJdZwAj3QACdFiML qUqWlPgwdy/OuEl8lRBNWOA= =YVlG -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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