cvs commit: src/sys/ia64/conf GENERIC

[Scott Long]

Simon L. Nielsen wrote:

> On 2004.08.24 18:31:27 +0000, David E. O'Brien wrote:
> 
>>obrien      2004-08-24 18:31:27 UTC
>>
>>  FreeBSD src repository
>>
>>  Modified files:
>>    sys/ia64/conf        GENERIC 
>>  Log:
>>  sr(4) definately won't work on IA64.
> 
> 
> So is asr(4) i386 only (it's not in GENERIC for any other
> architecture)?
> 
> Then I will update the Hardware Notes acordingly...
> 

asr cannot work on big-endian machines, nor can it work on machines
with a 64-bit address space.  So that limits it to i386 without PAE.
There is nothing stopping it from working with other arches, but it
needs to be made busdma-aware for starters,  I started on this last
spring but was asked to stop for other reasons.  Maybe it will happen
for 5.4, dunno.

Scott