Subject: Re: issues with com and non-PCI platforms.... a proposal
To: Garrett D'Amore <garrett_damore@tadpole.com>
From: Ignatios Souvatzis <is@netbsd.org>
List: tech-kern
Date: 05/11/2006 10:55:22
Hi,

On Fri, Mar 10, 2006 at 09:53:51AM -0800, Garrett D'Amore wrote:

> This ugliness is why *other* devices have done things like cloning com,
> editing it a bit, and creating a new driver like aucom.  Its *less* ugly
> that way.

I choose not to do that for Amiga because


- I'd have to support my com copy, and constantly copy over all the fixes
  from elsewhere

- I'd end up with at least two copies with different strides, and still need
  N frontends.

	-is
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