Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1998 21:13:23 +0100 From: Manar Hussain <manar@ivision.co.uk> To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Larger then 8.5GB IDE Support - 2.2 stable Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19980731211323.0094b520@stingray.ivision.co.uk>
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>> It's not a BIOS problem. I am loading 3.0 SNAP now which sees it >> fine...someone took it out of 2.2 stable (could you please put it >> back or are there problems???). > >It was never _in_ 2.2-stable. This is purely a 3.0 feature. Indeed - I trust we're not too likely to have much the same flamelet thread we @ivision caused with our last query on this. Very brief summary: there is a patch that works under 2.2 but it has a problem under certain conditions (can't remeber what they were) - hence it was not considered appropriate for -stable. I can't dig the thread out from the archives but I'm sure somene else here has a reference. It's not in 2.2.7, by the time 2.2.8 is out we'll be pretty much into 3.0+ so let's not have a huge thread on why it's not in 2.2* as it's too late to be much more than a slanging match. The key I think is to have the details on the patch to the wd driver appropriately available (i.e. *please* put it in the FAQ as it's going to be a common request) - along with appropriate warnings about any gotchas. Manar To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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