From owner-freebsd-current Wed Apr 15 00:03:21 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA21034 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Wed, 15 Apr 1998 00:03:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [139.130.136.133] (may be forged)) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA20963 for ; Wed, 15 Apr 1998 07:02:53 GMT (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id QAA00940; Wed, 15 Apr 1998 16:32:42 +0930 (CST) (envelope-from grog) Message-ID: <19980415163242.H350@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 16:32:42 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: Mike Smith , current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADS UP: CAM cutover in two weeks. References: <199804150146.SAA01812@dingo.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <199804150146.SAA01812@dingo.cdrom.com>; from Mike Smith on Tue, Apr 14, 1998 at 06:46:47PM -0700 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 14 April 1998 at 18:46:47 -0700, Mike Smith wrote: > > One of the major feature goals for 3.0 is the transition to the new > CAM-inspired SCSI subsystem. This transition requires a hard cutover > date. > > The proposed cutover date is the 28th of April. On or about this point > in time, the following steps will be taken: > > - A CVS tag will be applied to mark the last checkout date prior to > the cutover. > - The CAM code will be committed to the -current branch. > - GENERIC and LINT will be translated to suit. > - MAKEDEV will be updated. > - Non-CAM SCSI code and drivers will be *disabled*. Am I correct in taking this last item to mean that the old code will still be present? So if I build a -CURRENT kernel for my test machine (with aha1542[ab]s), using the old config file, it should still work in the old way? > If there are any significant issues (other than FUD) relating to the > proposed cutover, now is the time to raise them. When do we raise the FUD issues? Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message