Date: Sat, 11 Dec 1999 12:23:14 -0500 From: Greg Lehey <grog@mojave.sitaranetworks.com> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/conf GENERIC LINT PCCARD files.i386 src/sys/i386/isa isa_compat.h if_ze.c if_zp.c if_zpreg.h pcic.h pcicx.c Message-ID: <19991211122314.B355@mojave.sitaranetworks.com> In-Reply-To: <199912101045.CAA34038@freefall.freebsd.org>; from phk@FreeBSD.org on Fri, Dec 10, 1999 at 02:45:12AM -0800 References: <199912101045.CAA34038@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On Friday, 10 December 1999 at 2:45:12 -0800, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > phk 1999/12/10 02:45:12 PST > > Modified files: > sys/i386/conf GENERIC LINT PCCARD files.i386 > sys/i386/isa isa_compat.h > Removed files: > sys/i386/isa if_ze.c if_zp.c if_zpreg.h pcic.h pcicx.c > Log: > Remove the if_ze and if_zp drivers. > > These drivers were cloned from the ed and ep drivers back in 1994 > when PCMCIA cards were a very new thing and we had no other support > for such devices. They treated the PCIC (the chip which controls the > PCCARD slot) as part of their device and generally hacked their way > to success. They have significantly bit-rotted relative to their > ancestor drivers (ed & ep) and they were a dead-end on the evolution > path to proper PCCARD support in FreeBSD. > > They have been terminally broken since August 18 where mdodd forgot > them and nobody seems to have missed them enough to fix them since. What's the status for 3.4? Greg -- Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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