From owner-freebsd-current Fri Dec 10 17:56:26 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mass.cdrom.com (mass.cdrom.com [204.216.28.184]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A1D2114E55 for ; Fri, 10 Dec 1999 17:56:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from msmith@mass.cdrom.com) Received: from mass.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mass.cdrom.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id RAA04944; Fri, 10 Dec 1999 17:58:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from msmith@mass.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199912110158.RAA04944@mass.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: Brad Knowles Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADSUP: wd driver will be retired! In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 10 Dec 1999 22:47:22 +0100." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1999 17:58:59 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > At 10:32 PM +0100 1999/12/10, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > > > Well, the only precedent we have is CAM/SCSI, and it was done the > > same way. > > Given some of the things I've heard about the CAM/SCSI debacle, > I'm not sure that this is a good example to be trotting out right > now. Personally, I don't think that this is an experience we'd want > to be repeating -- especially not with something related to disk > devices. The same mentality that made the CAM cutover a "debacle" is making the ata cutover a "debacle". Fortunately, the CAM folks persisted despite the criticism, and I'm glad to see that Soren is taking the same stance. -- \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message