Re: XFree 4.0 crashes with SRM

[Jay Estabrook <Jay Estabrook compaq com>]

On Thu, Jun 01, 2000 at 09:23:19AM -0400, Jeff Sturm wrote:
> Jay Estabrook wrote:
> > 
> > 53c860 was not a supported chip under DU/VMS, AFAIK, so you may be out
> > of luck; sorry...
> 
> That's crazy... you'd think the whole family of 8xx chipsets would be
> supported.

Digital/COMPAQ, like most vendors, normally support only what they
sell; there are support costs associated with every peripheral device.

Even under LINUX, *someone* paid a price for 53c860 support, ie the
person(s) who made it work in the current driver. You just happen to
be able to freely benefit from their work.

--Jay++

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