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Date:      Sun, 8 Jul 2001 14:57:16 -0700
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Andy Farkas <andyf@speednet.com.au>
Cc:        Peter Pentchev <roam@orbitel.bg>, Soren Schmidt <sos@freebsd.dk>, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: wd discontinued?  Was: Re: IBM Netfinity 5000 Problem (ATA Driver Bug)
Message-ID:  <20010708145716.B29146@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0107040818090.26538-100000@backup.af.speednet.com.au>; from andyf@speednet.com.au on Wed, Jul 04, 2001 at 08:30:45AM %2B1000
References:  <20010703130412.F28604@ringworld.oblivion.bg> <Pine.BSF.4.33.0107040818090.26538-100000@backup.af.speednet.com.au>

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On Wed, Jul 04, 2001 at 08:30:45AM +1000, Andy Farkas wrote:

> So, what's the story with the wd driver going away in -STABLE??  It seems
> you are trying to do this very quietly hoping that no one will notice?
>=20
> Why no HEADS UP?  How come nothing in UPDATING???

Um, UPDATING includes the following two directives:

        [1] You may need to switch from wd to ad ala 19991210.  In
        addition, you should disable any third party modules such as
        vmware so that you don't crash your system on reboot.

=2E..

19991210:
        The ata driver has become the primary ata/ide/atapi driver in
        the kernel.  The wd driver is obsolete.  You should upgrade your
        machine to the new ata driver.  You will need to follow the
        directions for updating the devices in the 19991205 entry.  You
        will need to update all occurances of wd to ad in your config files
        (/etc/rc.conf, /etc/fstab, etc).  A compatibility device exists
        for wd for the time being, but once you have determined that
        ata is working for you, transition to the new ad devices.

> "The wd driver is only removed from current, so you will still
> be able to follow 4.x..."
>=20
> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=3D640514+642483+/usr/local/ww=
w/db/text/2000/freebsd-current/20000319.freebsd-current

That's a quote from 16 months ago.  Life goes on.

Kris

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