Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 13:56:03 -0700 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: sos@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: hans@artcom.de, julian@ivision.co.uk, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 12.0 GB Quantum Bigfoot TX IDE seen as 8.4 GB Message-ID: <13818.895611363@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 19 May 1998 20:19:42 %2B0200." <199805191819.UAA01624@sos.freebsd.dk>
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> Hmm, the LBA hack in -current is NOT stable, its a quickhack that > should go again (I should know, I made it :) ), but the code > that enables CHS mode on larger than 8G drives could be argued > about. I'm just not sure that the added stuff doesn't break > on older WD & ESDI drives, that should be tested first. OK. I'm hardly about to argue for the adoption of anything which is manifestly suspect (which the LBA stuff sounds like), don't get me wrong, it'd just be nice not to get beaten up by all the Bigfoot users when 2.2.7 comes out. If the CHS stuff sounds less risky, then the sooner it comes into -stable the better since that'll give us the maximum amount of time before 2.2.7 to test. Also don't forget - it's a lot easier to back something out of -stable again if we get real negative feedback, but it's a lot harder if we wait until the last week before BETA and then don't give ourselves any time at all. That's sorta what happened with the compatibility slice debacle. :( - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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