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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!agate!glass From: glass@postgres.Berkeley.EDU (Adam Glass) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: HELP: installing netbsd+64mb RAM+adaptec Date: 17 Nov 94 12:30:37 Organization: Organization is evil. Lines: 31 Distribution: world Message-ID: <GLASS.94Nov17123037@sun-lamp.postgres.Berkeley.EDU> References: <1994Nov11.071053.26169@slate.mines.colorado.edu> <1994Nov11.071527.130451@slate.mines.colorado.edu> <39vogs$78p@dagny.galt.com> <MICHAELV.94Nov11143004@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: sun-lamp.cs.berkeley.edu In-reply-to: michaelv@MindBender.HeadCandy.com's message of 11 Nov 1994 20:30:02 GMT I just want to point out that Michael doesn't represent the NetBSD project officially, just himself. I'd also like to remind people that NetBSD is a volunteer project. That we get done what we get done and meet our other individual responsibilties is a minor miracle all by itself. Further we actually try to have fun doing it. What we attempt and what we accomplish is a complicated function of needs, interests, and resources. The users and developers of NetBSD each have their own individual needs, interests and resources. The NetBSD developers have the additional burden of insuring the overall quality and stability of the code base. Regarding this particular issue: It hasn't helped that none of the core developers actually has an ISA machine w/ greater than 16mb of memory. Nor have we received any clean bounce-buffer implementations from the user base...just occasional dirty hacks to specific drivers. This is not to say that a. a clean implementation isn't possible b. that we won't do one in the near future. Hopefully this will end this particular debate. Of course, if you want to do the work, please contact us. later, Adam Glass NetBSD Project