Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 01:52:14 +0200 From: Thomas Moestl <t.moestl@tu-bs.de> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@freebsd.org> Cc: cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/cam/scsi scsi_cd.c src/sys/dev/ata atapi-cd.c atapi-cd.h src/sys/isa fd.c Message-ID: <20030911235214.GA691@timesink.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <200309111927.h8BJRPUs026954@repoman.freebsd.org> References: <200309111927.h8BJRPUs026954@repoman.freebsd.org>
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On Thu, 2003/09/11 at 12:27:25 -0700, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > phk 2003/09/11 12:27:24 PDT > > FreeBSD src repository > > Modified files: > sys/cam/scsi scsi_cd.c > sys/dev/ata atapi-cd.c atapi-cd.h > sys/isa fd.c > Log: > Disable the use of cloning use in floppy and CD drivers. > > This commit puts the relevant code snippets under #ifdef GONE_IN_5 > (rather than #ifndef BURN_BRIDGES) thereby disabling the code now. > > The code wil be entirely removed before 5.2 unless we find reasons > why this would be a bad idea. The cloning handlers in the CD-ROM drivers used to be required to mount root from CD-ROM, which is e.g. required for the bootable sparc64 distribution disks. Have things changed so that they are no longer needed while I wasn't watching, or does this change break that case? - Thomas -- Thomas Moestl <t.moestl@tu-bs.de> http://www.tu-bs.de/~y0015675/ <tmm@FreeBSD.org> http://people.FreeBSD.org/~tmm/ PGP fingerprint: 1C97 A604 2BD0 E492 51D0 9C0F 1FE6 4F1D 419C 776C
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