NICs not in GENERIC

[Alexander Leidinger]

Quoting Scott Long <scottl at samsco.org> (from Wed, 22 Feb 2012 08:42:39 -0700):

> On Feb 22, 2012, at 1:22 AM, Alexander Leidinger wrote:
>
>> Quoting Scott Long <scottl at samsco.org> (from Tue, 21 Feb 2012  
>> 17:45:04 -0700):
>>
>>> On Feb 21, 2012, at 7:56 AM, Alexander Leidinger wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> is there a specific reason that the following NICs are not (or  
>>>> shall not be) in GENERIC (at least on i386)?
>>>> - if_cas: is compiled as a module, Sun hardware, non-x86 only?
>>>> - if_gem: is compiled as a module, Apple/Sun, non-x86 only?
>>>> - if_hme: is compiled as a module, Sun hardware, non-x86 only?
>>>
>>> If these aren't for i386 hardware, then why would they need to be  
>>> in the i386 GENERIC profile?
>>
>> I didn't told they aren't for i386 (Sun and Apple produce(d) x86  
>> hardware). If they would have been non-x86 drivers (I assume you've  
>> seen the answer from Marius), the bug would have been that they are  
>> build as modules on x86.
>>
>
> Let it go.

Can you please rephrase this for a non-native english speaker please?  
I don't understand what is the subject of your message. Do you ask to  
not include those 3 into GENERIC, or do you ask to forget you asked  
initially?

Bye,
Alexander.

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