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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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