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Throw out a considerable number of cards that have never been tested

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on Alpha, primarily in the storage adapter area. Things like
Soundblaster-attached CDs, WD7000 etc for example. Try to get RELNOTES
for alpha to reflect reality a bit more.
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@ -178,10 +178,6 @@ ATA
Adaptec 1535 ISA SCSI controllers
Adaptec 154x series ISA SCSI controllers
Adaptec AIC7850, AIC7860, AIC7880, AIC789x, on-board SCSI controllers.
Adaptec 1510 series ISA SCSI controllers (not for bootable devices)
Adaptec 152x series ISA SCSI controllers
Adaptec AIC-6260 and AIC-6360 based boards, which includes the AHA-152x
and SoundBlaster SCSI cards.
AdvanSys SCSI controllers (all models).
@ -261,34 +257,9 @@ are supported for read-only access by the CDROM driver. WORM/CD-R/CD-RW
writing support is provided by cdrecord, which is in the ports tree.
The following CD-ROM type systems are supported at this time:
(cd) SCSI interface (also includes ProAudio Spectrum and
SoundBlaster SCSI)
(matcd) Matsushita/Panasonic (Creative SoundBlaster) proprietary
interface (562/563 models)
(scd) Sony proprietary interface (all models)
(cd) SCSI interface
(acd) ATAPI IDE interface
The following drivers were supported under the old SCSI subsystem, but are
NOT YET supported under the new CAM SCSI subsystem:
NCR5380/NCR53400 ("ProAudio Spectrum") SCSI controller.
UltraStor 14F, 24F and 34F SCSI controllers.
Seagate ST01/02 SCSI controllers.
Future Domain 8xx/950 series SCSI controllers.
WD7000 SCSI controller.
[ Note: There is work-in-progress to port the UltraStor driver to
the new CAM SCSI framework, but no estimates on when or if it will
be completed. ]
Unmaintained drivers, they might or might not work for your hardware:
(mcd) Mitsumi proprietary CD-ROM interface (all models)
2.2. Ethernet cards
-------------------
@ -440,7 +411,7 @@ Winbond W89C940, Surecom NE-34, VIA VT86C926.
3Com 3C507 Etherlink 16/TP
3Com 3C509, 3C579, 3C589 (PCMCIA), 3C590/592/595/900/905/905B/905C PCI
3Com 3C509, 3C579, 3C590/592/595/900/905/905B/905C PCI
(Fast) Etherlink III / (Fast) Etherlink XL
3Com 3c980/3c980B Fast Etherlink XL server adapter
@ -452,9 +423,6 @@ Toshiba Ethernet cards
Crystal Semiconductor CS89x0-based NICs, including:
IBM Etherjet ISA
PCMCIA ethernet cards from IBM and National Semiconductor are also
supported.
Note that NO token ring cards are supported at this time as we're
still waiting for someone to donate a driver for one of them. Any
takers?
@ -463,7 +431,7 @@ takers?
2.3. FDDI
---------
DEC FDDI (DEFPA/DEFEA) NICs
none on FreeBSD/alpha
2.4. ATM
@ -552,7 +520,7 @@ the HOT1 from Virtual Computers (www.vcc.com)
Support for Dave Mills experimental Loran-C receiver.
Lucent Technologies WaveLAN/IEEE 802.11 PCMCIA and ISA standard speed
Lucent Technologies WaveLAN/IEEE 802.11 ISA standard speed
(2Mbps) and turbo speed (6Mbps) wireless network adapters and workalikes
(NCR WaveLAN/IEEE 802.11, Cabletron RoamAbout 802.11 DS). Note: the
ISA versions of these adapters are actually PCMCIA cards combined with
@ -562,8 +530,6 @@ the same driver.
Aironet 4500/4800 series 802.11 wireless adapters. The PCI and ISA
models are supported for the Alpha architecture.
FreeBSD currently does NOT support IBM's microchannel (MCA) bus.
3. Obtaining FreeBSD
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