From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 22 00:31:09 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0565616A4C1 for ; Fri, 22 Aug 2003 00:31:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hysteria.spc.org (hysteria.spc.org [195.206.69.234]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9BB9B43FE0 for ; Fri, 22 Aug 2003 00:31:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bms@hysteria.spc.org) Received: (qmail 16367 invoked by uid 5013); 22 Aug 2003 07:28:07 -0000 Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 08:28:07 +0100 From: Bruce M Simpson To: Nate Lawson Message-ID: <20030822072807.GD11682@spc.org> References: <20030822001610.Q2740@root.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030822001610.Q2740@root.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Organization: SPC cc: stable@freebsd.org cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADSUP: USB da(4) quirks disabled for 4.9 and 5.2 X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 07:31:09 -0000 On Fri, Aug 22, 2003 at 12:20:55AM -0700, Nate Lawson wrote: > If you have any of the devices listed below, please test with a recent > -stable or -current. They will stop working in 4.9 and 5.2 although old > behavior can _temporarily_ be enabled by adding "options DA_OLD_QUIRKS" to > your kernel config. If I don't hear from anyone, they'll be going away > permanently after the releases. The Y-E 'Flashbuster' floppy is a fairly common device. It is often sold with Sony Vaio notebooks. There is legacy BIOS boot support, but how will people use a fixit floppy once the kernel has booted? BMS