From owner-freebsd-current Fri Dec 10 10: 9:53 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from overcee.netplex.com.au (overcee.netplex.com.au [202.12.86.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E49FE14E2C for ; Fri, 10 Dec 1999 10:09:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from peter@netplex.com.au) Received: from netplex.com.au (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by overcee.netplex.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7359C1CA0; Sat, 11 Dec 1999 02:09:48 +0800 (WST) (envelope-from peter@netplex.com.au) X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: Poul-Henning Kamp Cc: nate@mt.sri.com (Nate Williams), current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADSUP: wd driver will be retired! In-Reply-To: Message from Poul-Henning Kamp of "Fri, 10 Dec 1999 19:01:49 +0100." <6120.944848909@critter.freebsd.dk> Date: Sat, 11 Dec 1999 02:09:48 +0800 From: Peter Wemm Message-Id: <19991210180948.7359C1CA0@overcee.netplex.com.au> Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > In message <199912101752.KAA19725@mt.sri.com>, Nate Williams writes: > >> In a few days time the wd driver will be retired from FreeBSDs > >> i386 architecture. > > > >Given that the ATA driver just went active a few minutes ago, I think a > >period of shakeout time would be called for. I think that time should > >be longer than a few days, and should be in 4.0, and then retired in > >4.1. > > The ata driver has been available for you and other to test for a long > time. 4.0-REL is still some time away, so if you are quick you can > still give it a good shakeout and have any bugs you find fixed before > 4.0-RELEASE. Also, I'd like to reiterate something again.. Not running as fast as possible is *not* a showstopper. If a device runs in generic PIO or WDMA mode instead of udma mode, it's *not* the end of the earth. People in that scenario won't be stranded. What is a killer is if a large number of people on popular hardware can't even boot, *at all*, in no, way, shape or form. Only that. The only way to find that out for sure before 4.0 is to push the issue *now*. Cheers, -Peter To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message