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From: jc@anshar.shadow.net (Justin)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: Re: Commerical OS's (was Re: aha0: DMA beyond end of ISA)
Date: 10 May 1995 01:12:22 -0400
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Nate Williams (nate@trout.sri.MT.net) wrote:
: In article <CGD.95May4181623@LAGAVULIN.PDL.CS.CMU.EDU>,
: Chris G. Demetriou <cgd@LAGAVULIN.PDL.CS.CMU.EDU> wrote:
: >>>   Do you have >16MB RAM in your system? ISA can only address 16MB, and
: >>>NetBSD doesn't make allowances for that.
: >>
: >>That's wild.  BSD/OS and FreeBSD fixed this a long long long time ago.
: >
: ....
: >If people want things to be fixed, they should propose and
: >implement fixes for them.


: This is *exactly* the reason why free OS's are *not* for the masses. 
: Chris has *every* right to respond this way.  No one who can fix the
: problem has taken the time to implement a fix, and those who want it
: can't do the fix.

: Yes, you can hire someone to fix it for you, but when you can buy Solaris
: x86 for $99 and it costs more than have a consultant fix NetBSD, why bother?

: >If users don't fix problems, and those problems don't affect the
: >developers, then it's not likely they'll be fixed.

: Couldn't have made the point any better.

This point would be moot if NetBSD supported the PCI Adaptec SCSI adapter, so
I wouldn't have to use the ISA adapter :)  Any ideas on the ETA for the adapter
support or the >16MB RAM ISA fix?

-jc