Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 11:35:41 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> To: Doug <Doug@gorean.org> Cc: "Brian F. Feldman" <green@unixhelp.org>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: New ATA stuff, questions and comment Message-ID: <50224.930216941@axl.noc.iafrica.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 23 Jun 1999 14:16:23 MST." <Pine.BSF.4.05.9906231413180.7457-100000@dt054n86.san.rr.com>
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On Wed, 23 Jun 1999 14:16:23 MST, Doug wrote: > If you are saying that I ought to include atapicd in my kernel config > and use the acdN device node, that's all I need to know, but it does > bring up the question of why the two things are different. It seems > like unecessary obfuscation to me. It's necessary because the new ATA stuff is intended to replace the old wd/acd stuff, eventually. We don't want to use a new name for atapi-cd and you can't use both drivers, so why confuse the issue? :-) Having said that, it _is_ a confusing state of affairs if you haven't followed the history of IDE and ATAPI support in FreeBSD. Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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