From owner-freebsd-bugs Tue Jul 3 22:37:12 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from smtp.wanadoo.nl (smtp0.wanadoo.nl [194.134.193.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1203B37B405; Tue, 3 Jul 2001 22:37:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from steveo@eircom.net) Received: from ams-gw.sohara.org (p1334.vcu.wanadoo.nl [194.134.170.59]) by smtp.wanadoo.nl (8.11.2/8.11.2) with SMTP id f645aeJ13069; Wed, 4 Jul 2001 07:36:40 +0200 (MET DST) Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2001 07:36:36 +0200 From: "Steve O'Hara-Smith" To: Wilko Bulte Cc: andyf@speednet.com.au, roam@orbitel.bg, 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: <20010704073636.1baf907b.steveo@eircom.net> In-Reply-To: <20010704003342.A2022@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <20010703130412.F28604@ringworld.oblivion.bg> <20010704003342.A2022@freebie.xs4all.nl> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.4.99cvs3 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-unknown-freebsdelf4.3) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, 4 Jul 2001 00:33:42 +0200 Wilko Bulte wrote: WB> On Wed, Jul 04, 2001 at 08:30:45AM +1000, Andy Farkas wrote: WB> > On Tue, 3 Jul 2001, Peter Pentchev wrote: WB> If you did not notice you have not followed the discussions on -hackers. Since when was -hackers required reading for tracking -stable. Personally I've been using the ata code for a long time and I don't need the wd code and didn't notice it going. But a HEADS UP on -stable would IMHO have been in order before removing it. WB> > What about this quote from the ata author: WB> > WB> > "The wd driver is only removed from current, so you will still WB> > be able to follow 4.x..." Especially given this. WB> Inquiring minds should have followed the discussions that have been on WB> the mailing lists... -hackers is *not* where I expect to find news about STABLE. -- Directable Mirrors - A Better Way To Focus The Sun http://www.best.com/~sohara To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message