Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 15:46:44 -0800 (PST) From: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com> To: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Jonathan Lemon <jlemon@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/dev/gx if_gx.c if_gxreg.h if_gxvar.h Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0111151545020.72203-100000@beppo> In-Reply-To: <20011115154043.A1031@dragon.nuxi.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Thu, 15 Nov 2001, David O'Brien wrote: > On Thu, Nov 15, 2001 at 03:26:39PM -0800, Matthew Jacob wrote: > > No, if gx is backported, it replaces wx. There's ample precedent for > > this. Leaving it in place for a bit is a good thing, but prior to the next > > 4.X release wx certainly goes away. > > What is the precidence? We didn't remove 'wd' (replaced by 'ad') in > mid-STABLE. Disappearance of devices should be on major releases. > Ulp. I guess I was thinking about where I moved stuff around for isp- not the same thing. Let me argue it a different way- the device support isn't disappearing- it's reappearing in a different driver. Actually, if people care all that much about it, we'll write DEPRECATED in the man page for -stable and close PRs as they appear. It's not all that important. -matt To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?Pine.BSF.4.21.0111151545020.72203-100000>