Re: Include DaynaPort by default in GENERIC?

Mouse <[email protected]> Mon, 23 Mar 2026 11:39:25 -0400 (EDT)
Newsgroups gmane.os.netbsd.ports.sparc
Message-ID <[email protected]>
>> [...SS20...internal BlueSCSI v2...]

>> Do you all think it would be reasonable to include the dse(4) driver
>> in the GENERIC kernel to support the DaynaPort network card
>> emulation provided by BlueSCSI and the like?

> I have to wonder what the point of this would be.  The SS20, like all
> SPARCstations, has an integrated network interface.  What's the use
> case here?

Having a second Ethernet without using up an SBus slot for it?

Maybe the dse is capable of >10Mbit?  (I don't know; I don't find it in
9.1 and I don't have anything more recent at ready hand to check.)

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