Re: Do we need this junk?

Nikolas Britton wrote:
> On 4/5/07, Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy_at_optushome.com.au> wrote:
>> [-stable removed since it's not relevant there]
>>
>> On 2007-Apr-05 04:58:17 -0500, Nikolas Britton 
>> <nikolas.britton_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>> >Can anything in the list below be removed from CURRENT?
>> >
>> >legacyfree1# cd dev/
>> >legacyfree1# grep -irsn isa ./ | grep -i include
>> ...
>> >legacyfree1# grep -irsn mca ./ | grep -i include
>> ...
>>
>> Why do you believe anything in the list might need to be removed?
>>
> 
> Because it's junk that doesn't belong, and can't even be use, in a
> modern operating system. For some perspective...
> 
> Apple Mac Pro:
>  8-way 3.0GHz Intel Xeon  ( 24 GHz )
>   16GB System RAM
>   NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 512MB
> 
> Now for some contrast, the AHA-1542:
>  Supported Operating Systems: MS-DOS 3.x, 4.x, 5.x
>  Number of devices: Up to 7 devices under DOS 5.0
>  Bus System Interface Type: ISA
>  Hard Disk Capacity: Up to 8 GBytes per disk
>  Floppy Drive Support: Supports two 5.25 in. floppy drives
>  Release Date: 1987
>  Status:  Discontinued
> 
> CVS Log:
> ###############################
> Revision 1.33: Jan 2005 (2 years, 2 months ago) by imp
> 
> Final attempt to make aha 1542A working.  If not, oh well, I don't
> have the card and no way to reproduce problems.  We do this by
> applying the workaround to firmware revsion 0.
> ###############################
> Revision 1.39: Feb 2007 (5 weeks, 6 days ago) by piso
> 
> break newbus api: add a new argument of type driver_filter_t to
> bus_setup_intr()
> ###############################
> 
> 
> # grep aha /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC
> device          aha             # Adaptec 154x SCSI adapters
> 
> 
> Are you fucking kidding me???!!!!!

Stop being an elitist twit.  Thanks.

Scott