Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2001 02:00:00 +0100 From: Paul Richards <paul@freebsd-services.co.uk> To: obrien@FreeBSD.ORG, Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/release/alpha dokern.sh Message-ID: <539270000.995763600@lobster.originative.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20010721111928.A97882@dragon.nuxi.com>
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--On Saturday, July 21, 2001 11:19:28 -0700 David O'Brien <obrien@FreeBSD.ORG> wrote: > On Sat, Jul 21, 2001 at 07:52:31PM +0200, Wilko Bulte wrote: >> Dare I suggest to have dokern.sh remove: >> options DEC_KN8AE # AlphaServer 8200/8400 >> (Turbolaser) > > We would actually like to support these machines in 5.0. *Especially* > since we'll have working SMP. In light of that, do you still feel we > should remove Turbolaser support? > >> device rl # RealTek 8129/8139 >> device vr # VIA Rhine, Rhine II >> device wx # Intel Gigabit Ethernet Card >> (``Wiseman'') > > These are pretty popular NICs such that we could easily have people > buying them at Frys and putting them in their PC164 class machines. > >> And add back in: >> >> - Multia/Noname >> - EB64 > > I might agree with EB64 if I can fit it in. But honestly, 5-CURRENT > is dogging right now on a DS-20. Running it on a Multia or NoName is > just not really reasonable. Most the Multias out there have Heat Death > Syndrome and don't get any real use. If I knew of someone besides just > you that had a VX42 I would consider the Multia a more capable machine. > I equate Multia/NoName with the i386(Pentium P5), which some want to > de-support in 5.0. I've got two :-) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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