Subject: Re: what is and isn't in INSTALL
To: None <tls@rek.tjls.com>
From: Jaromir Dolecek <jdolecek@netbsd.org>
List: port-i386
Date: 10/17/2001 22:10:08
Thor Lancelot Simon wrote:
> Some very strange choices seem to have been made about what is and what
> isn't in INSTALL on the i386, particularly as regards network interfaces.
> 
> For example, I have a great deal of difficulty believing that anyone's
> ever required one of the synchronous serial interfaces in order to get his
> box installed.  Similarly, supporting ATM in the install kernels pulls in
> a great deal of code, but probably isn't very useful; we don't support the
> standard ATM modes that would be required to talk to anything anyone's likely
> to use as a default router aside from perhaps another NetBSD box.  

Yes, this should be cleaned up.
 
Jaromir
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