cvs commit: src/sys/conf files files.powerpc

Wilko Bulte wb at freebie.xs4all.nl
Tue Nov 22 19:17:14 GMT 2005


On Tue, Nov 22, 2005 at 07:56:39PM +0100, Marius Strobl wrote..
> 
> On Tue, Nov 22, 2005 at 01:07:12PM -0500, John Baldwin wrote:
> > 
> > On Tuesday 22 November 2005 12:12 pm, Marius Strobl wrote:
> > > marius      2005-11-22 17:12:49 UTC
> > >
> > >   FreeBSD src repository
> > >
> > >   Modified files:
> > >     sys/conf             files files.powerpc
> > >   Log:
> > >   Move zs.c from files to files.powerpc as zs(4) by now is only supported
> > >   on powerpc (more or less...). That way people updating from FreeBSD 5 to
> > >   FreeBSD 6 and beyond on sparc64 will get an error from config(8) rather
> > >   than a mysterious compile error when they have a stale 'device zs' in
> > >   their kernel config file.
> > >
> > >   MFC after:      2 weeks
> > 
> > I think some Alpha machines (4100?) also use zs(4) for serial console.
> > 
> 
> I meant the zs(4) in sys/dev/zs formerly shared between FreeBSD/powerpc
> and FreeBSD/sparc64; FreeBSD/alpha has a separate driver for z8530 in
> sys/alpha/tlsb (wasn't TurboLaser support disabled and scheduled for
> deorbit some time ago?).

We are no longer building GENERIC with Tlaser support.  Matt no longer
has access to the hardware at NASA Ames which makes testing quite difficult.
I have still access to one at work, but that one is destined to go 
soonish.

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Wilko Bulte				wilko at FreeBSD.org


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