Tidying src/release/*/{dokern.sh,drivers.conf}

[Peter Wemm]

Wilko Bulte wrote:
> On Sun, May 18, 2003 at 02:30:52PM -0700, David O'Brien wrote:
> > On Sun, May 18, 2003 at 11:31:30AM +0300, Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
> > > Index: sys/alpha/conf/GENERIC
> > > ===================================================================
> > > RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/sys/alpha/conf/GENERIC,v
> > > retrieving revision 1.159
> > > diff -u -r1.159 GENERIC
> > > --- sys/alpha/conf/GENERIC	21 Apr 2003 16:44:04 -0000	1.159
> > > +++ sys/alpha/conf/GENERIC	18 May 2003 08:26:10 -0000
> > > @@ -95,6 +95,7 @@
> > >  # SCSI Controllers
> > >  device		ahc		# AHA2940 and onboard AIC7xxx devices
> > >  device		isp		# Qlogic family
> > > +device		ispfw		# Firmware module for Qlogic host adapt
    ers
> > 
> > Why?  The isp(4) and ispfw(4) maintainer has purposely not done this.
> 
> Matt (mjacob) has learned me that having the right firmware
> loaded via ispfw.ko can be quite crucial to have isp operate correctly.
> ispfw.ko is rather big, due to the various different isp f/w
> revs/cards it supports.

Yes, but he had intended that it be used as a module so that it could be
unloaded when finished.  It is only used once, to bootstrap the cards.
Putting it in GENERIC prevents the unload.

Cheers,
-Peter
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