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Date:      Fri, 24 Jan 2003 11:36:18 -0800
From:      Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org>
To:        phk@freebsd.org
Cc:        arch@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: HEADSUP: DEVFS and GEOM mandatorification timeline. 
Message-ID:  <20030124193618.6693C2A8A5@canning.wemm.org>
In-Reply-To: <3127.1043436117@critter.freebsd.dk> 

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phk@freebsd.org wrote:
> In message <20030124190057.91A3B2A7EA@canning.wemm.org>, Peter Wemm writes:
> 
> >> There is one errata point (can't rewrite BSD boot code on a disk
> >> which is in use) which I am testing a patch for.
> >> 
> >> I know of no bugs at present.
> >
> >BTW; assuming these are taken care of, do we really gain anything by
> >waiting so long?
> 
> Some nights sleep before all hell breaks loose ?  :-)
> 
> >Frankly I'd rather have an extra month focussed on this
> >code to shake out any remaining quirks and make sure that we have all the
> >bases covered and that we actually deal with any reasons why folks might be
> >using NO_GEOM and not letting us know.  It would give us an extra month to
> >solve those before the next release/branch/whatever.
> 
> I personally wanted to give 5.0-R a chance in the wild, just to see
> if somebody came up and said "You've busted all PC's in Elbonia"
> or similar overlooked details.
> 
> Considering that there has not been a any reports on GEOM/DEVFS
> which have filtered through to me yet means that I am open to a
> more aggresive timeline.
> 
> Show of hands ?
> 
> When should I remove NODEVFS and NO_GEOM from sys/conf ?

IMHO, some time over the next few days.  This is easy to undo if there
is a showstopper that turns up.

> When should I commit the consequent unifdef of 2865 lines ?

IMHO, some time early february.  You may like to get the TRB to sign off
on this as a CYA.

Cheers,
-Peter
--
Peter Wemm - peter@wemm.org; peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com
"All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5


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