Re: newer GENERIC (4.2) don't support mcd0
>From the keyboard of Mike Smith: > It is a space problem. You can trivially put modules on a third floppy, > but you would first need to turn the matcd driver into a module, which > you are encouraged to do as you appear to be one of the three people left > in the world with a functioning Matsushita drive - a necessary > prerequisite for this activity. 8) At least four people. I have two Mitsumi drives/controllers supported by the mcd driver and i offer shipping them to anyone who want to take over maintaining and enhancing the driver :-) hellmuth -- Hellmuth MichaelisTel +49 40 55 97 47-70 HCS Hanseatischer Computerservice GmbHFax +49 40 55 97 47-77 Oldesloer Strasse 97-99 Mail hm [at] hcs.de D-22457 Hamburg WWW http://www.hcs.de To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
Re: newer GENERIC (4.2) don't support mcd0
Mike Smith wrote: > > > > > Please add that back again. > > > > > > No. The Matsushita/Mitsumi/Sony CDROM interfaces have gone the way of > > > the 3c501. The drivers are there, and if you're really desperate, you're > > > welcome to try them, but they're not supported install devices anymore. eed to turn the matcd driver into a module, which > you are encouraged to do as you appear to be one of the three people left > in the world with a functioning Matsushita drive - a necessary > prerequisite for this activity. 8) Just a note, the mcd driver still works fine in current, but needs the options COMPAT_OLDISA. I ended up using an old Mitsumi 2x for awhile when a faster cdrom drive bit the dust. Cheers Kelvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
Re: newer GENERIC (4.2) don't support mcd0
> > > Please add that back again. > > > > No. The Matsushita/Mitsumi/Sony CDROM interfaces have gone the way of > > the 3c501. The drivers are there, and if you're really desperate, you're > > welcome to try them, but they're not supported install devices anymore. > > > > Note that it's trivial to build a custom installation kernel these days, > > and in your case, it would be the simplest answer. > > Well, although I may have the tools and host machines around normally, > in this particular case, where I'm upgrading an ISDN gateway machine > I'm really on my own and have no 4.2 kernel build environment at hand. Then you are in an unfortunate situation, and we're terribly sorry, but your hardware simply isn't supported by the installation environment. > When the drivers are there, what would be the price for adding them into > the GENERIC installation kernel? Space. > Couldn't the drivers be loaded > as modules and test against presence of the hardware similar like Linux or NT > do it? We have a two floppy installation kit anyway, so it should not > be a disk space problem only. It is a space problem. You can trivially put modules on a third floppy, but you would first need to turn the matcd driver into a module, which you are encouraged to do as you appear to be one of the three people left in the world with a functioning Matsushita drive - a necessary prerequisite for this activity. 8) -- ... every activity meets with opposition, everyone who acts has his rivals and unfortunately opponents also. But not because people want to be opponents, rather because the tasks and relationships force people to take different points of view. [Dr. Fritz Todt] V I C T O R Y N O T V E N G E A N C E To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
Re: newer GENERIC (4.2) don't support mcd0
On Mon, Dec 25, 2000 at 04:55:08PM -0800, Mike Smith wrote: > > Trying to upgrade an existing 3.4 system to 4.2 > > failed due to kernel.GENERIC not having mcd0 built in > > anymore (MITSUMI CDROM) :-( > > > > Please add that back again. > > No. The Matsushita/Mitsumi/Sony CDROM interfaces have gone the way of > the 3c501. The drivers are there, and if you're really desperate, you're > welcome to try them, but they're not supported install devices anymore. > > Note that it's trivial to build a custom installation kernel these days, > and in your case, it would be the simplest answer. Well, although I may have the tools and host machines around normally, in this particular case, where I'm upgrading an ISDN gateway machine I'm really on my own and have no 4.2 kernel build environment at hand. When the drivers are there, what would be the price for adding them into the GENERIC installation kernel? Couldn't the drivers be loaded as modules and test against presence of the hardware similar like Linux or NT do it? We have a two floppy installation kit anyway, so it should not be a disk space problem only. -- Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
Re: newer GENERIC (4.2) don't support mcd0
> Trying to upgrade an existing 3.4 system to 4.2 > failed due to kernel.GENERIC not having mcd0 built in > anymore (MITSUMI CDROM) :-( > > Please add that back again. No. The Matsushita/Mitsumi/Sony CDROM interfaces have gone the way of the 3c501. The drivers are there, and if you're really desperate, you're welcome to try them, but they're not supported install devices anymore. Note that it's trivial to build a custom installation kernel these days, and in your case, it would be the simplest answer. -- ... every activity meets with opposition, everyone who acts has his rivals and unfortunately opponents also. But not because people want to be opponents, rather because the tasks and relationships force people to take different points of view. [Dr. Fritz Todt] V I C T O R Y N O T V E N G E A N C E To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
newer GENERIC (4.2) don't support mcd0
Trying to upgrade an existing 3.4 system to 4.2 failed due to kernel.GENERIC not having mcd0 built in anymore (MITSUMI CDROM) :-( Please add that back again. -- Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
