At 02:18 PM 03/07/2001, Mike Smith wrote:
> > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Dennis
> writes:
> > >I really dont care to ask this on the list, but DG doesnt answer my
> private
> > >emails, so I have little choice.
> >
> > Yup. None at all. I mean, you're getting something for free, and the
> > people giving it away don't seem to be able to build their schedules around
> > your life. I can see how you'd have no choice but to bug everyone else,
> > too.
>
>Uh, folks, and particularly you, Peter.
>
>Far be it for me to be seen to be sticking up for Dennis (!), but he
>*does* have a point here, and his reticence is actually quite
>understandable.
>
>DG has not been maintaining the fxp driver as well as many people would
>like, and it's fair to say that it *is* slipping behind in support for new
>hardware coming out of intel.
>
>Dennis - to answer your question: no, there is no work in progress (to
>the best of my knowledge) on the fxp driver that's not already visible in
>the drivers in current/stable. DG is currently going through some things
>that make him even more of a challenge than usual to contact, and this
>isn't improving the situation.
Last I heard is that someone sent him a board a few weeks back, so I
"ass-umed" that something was in progress. I dont know why he would take a
board from someone if he had no expectation of fixing it.
The fxp is an important driver. Its been touted as the "driver of choice".
The same thing happened when the de driver was consistently out of wack
back in the 2.X days. I dont think its good for FreeBSD
Unfortunately, it seems that noone other than DG has done any significant
work on this driver. so its a big project trying to decode it, particularly
with no help from him.
Dennis
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