On 22-May-99 Karl Denninger wrote: > On Sat, May 22, 1999 at 02:33:51PM +0100, Brian Somers wrote: >> > One other suggestion, while I'm at it. >> > >> > The "dgb" driver has been marked "alpha quality" for a LONG time. >> > >> > I've had a fax server running on a PC/Xe 8 port card (64k shared RAM) >> > for well over a year on one of these cards - and have NEVER had a single >> > problem with it. That server gets a LOT of extremely heavy use, and >> > if there were driver problems I would have found them by now. >> > >> > I'd suggest that someone drop the "alpha" byline on that one - its >> > definitely stable :-) >> >> I plan on doing some work on it and the dgm driver. They're almost >> the same and should be merged. They both violate style(9) in almost >> every way too :-[ >> >> I know of only one person with an Xem card (dgm driver), but he's >> promised to send me the specs by snail mail. Once I get them, I'll >> start the work. >> >> Let's leave the `alpha' there for a little longer :-) > > What are you planning on doing with it? Other than DDB support I can't > imagine what could be *added* to the driver; it is one of those "just > works" things right now.
Why not merge the two into a *new* driver? Once it's running at an acceptable level, drop support for the two old drivers. That way if something breaks, the current users still have the one that works. Vince. -- ========================================================================== Vince Vielhaber -- KA8CSH email: v...@michvhf.com flame-mail: /dev/null # include <std/disclaimers.h> TEAM-OS2 Online Campground Directory http://www.camping-usa.com Online Giftshop Superstore http://www.cloudninegifts.com ========================================================================== To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message