From owner-freebsd-current Fri Dec 10 10:14:32 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (critter.freebsd.dk [212.242.40.131]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD719157B3 for ; Fri, 10 Dec 1999 10:14:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by critter.freebsd.dk (8.9.3/8.9.2) with ESMTP id TAA06248; Fri, 10 Dec 1999 19:14:21 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) To: nate@mt.sri.com (Nate Williams) Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADSUP: wd driver will be retired! In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 10 Dec 1999 11:10:21 MST." <199912101810.LAA19935@mt.sri.com> Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1999 19:14:21 +0100 Message-ID: <6246.944849661@critter.freebsd.dk> From: Poul-Henning Kamp Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message <199912101810.LAA19935@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. > >And your point is? I'm a user, not a developer. If I wanted to be a >developer, I'd have written my own device driver. I want to *USE* >FreeBSD, not develop it. Then don't run -current. -- Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member phk@FreeBSD.ORG "Real hackers run -current on their laptop." FreeBSD -- It will take a long time before progress goes too far! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message