From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Dec 12 16:43:14 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id QAA10874 for stable-outgoing; Fri, 12 Dec 1997 16:43:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable) Received: from word.smith.net.au (ppp5.portal.net.au [202.12.71.105]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id QAA10851 for ; Fri, 12 Dec 1997 16:43:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@word.smith.net.au) Received: from word (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by word.smith.net.au (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA00547; Sat, 13 Dec 1997 11:07:47 +1030 (CST) Message-Id: <199712130037.LAA00547@word.smith.net.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: "Matthew D. Fuller" cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: -stable and pp bus. In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 12 Dec 1997 16:46:11 MDT." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 13 Dec 1997 11:07:47 +1030 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > If there any chance, in the near future, of having the ppbus stuff for > parallel port ZIP support, being commited into -stable? No. The ppbus code is still far too much of a moving target. > The reason I ask is that I'm working on a boot floppy to support parallel > port zip drive installation, and I'm lazy and don't want to have to move > files around again every time I cvsup. If you are doing this, you should be using the standalone zip-on-parallel-port driver (ppa3), which will drop quite cleanly into -stable. It's reasonably easy to substitute kernels on the boot floppy once you manage to work out how it's built. > Plus, it would gain a wider > testing ground. I know that that's the purpose of -current, but I've > heard that the driver is pretty stable, so it may be ready for -stable. It's not ready for prime-time in any way, shape or form, sorry. mike