From owner-freebsd-current Thu Jun 24 2:36:27 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from axl.noc.iafrica.com (axl.noc.iafrica.com [196.31.1.175]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C91C114F16 for ; Thu, 24 Jun 1999 02:36:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sheldonh@axl.noc.iafrica.com) Received: from sheldonh (helo=axl.noc.iafrica.com) by axl.noc.iafrica.com with local-esmtp (Exim 3.02 #1) id 10x5v3-000D45-00; Thu, 24 Jun 1999 11:35:41 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn To: Doug Cc: "Brian F. Feldman" , freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: New ATA stuff, questions and comment In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 23 Jun 1999 14:16:23 MST." Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 11:35:41 +0200 Message-ID: <50224.930216941@axl.noc.iafrica.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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