From owner-freebsd-current Wed Dec 8 18:35:54 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from awfulhak.org (dynamic-89.max4-du-ws.dialnetwork.pavilion.co.uk [212.74.9.217]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E28B714C03; Wed, 8 Dec 1999 18:35:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from hak.lan.Awfulhak.org (root@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org [172.16.0.12]) by awfulhak.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id CAA00387; Thu, 9 Dec 1999 02:35:38 GMT (envelope-from brian@lan.awfulhak.org) Received: from hak.lan.Awfulhak.org (brian@localhost.lan.Awfulhak.org [127.0.0.1]) by hak.lan.Awfulhak.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id CAA01369; Thu, 9 Dec 1999 02:27:09 GMT (envelope-from brian@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <199912090227.CAA01369@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.0 09/18/1999 To: Julian Elischer Cc: "Jonathan M. Bresler" , chris@netmonger.net, msmith@FreeBSD.ORG, current@FreeBSD.ORG, brian@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org Subject: Re: HEADSUP: wd driver will be retired! In-Reply-To: Message from Julian Elischer of "Wed, 08 Dec 1999 15:45:39 PST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 09 Dec 1999 02:27:09 +0000 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > On Wed, 8 Dec 1999, Jonathan M. Bresler wrote: > > > > > [snip] > > > We gained quite a bit from it, but let's not rewrite history. I > > > remember quite clearly that there was a very popular Adaptec SCSI > > > controller missing when the switch to CAM was made, and a lot of > > [snip] > > > > more importantly we lost the aha driver for a while. > > > we lost teh aic controller at that time. Touche ! I've got my back end machine here (gate), the only machine I can test the new-busified i4b software on, I've got an aha0 driver that says ``aha0: status reg test failed ff'' stopping me from seeing /home, /var and /usr/local, I've got a failing 1.2Gb IDE boot disk (I have to physically kick the machine a few times now and again to make it recover), I've got a second IDE disk that actually functions and a third that locks up the ata driver on probe (I only found this out when I changed the IDE controller in this machine about 2 weeks ago to defeat some dodgy memory/cache). I've got a new 28Gb disk on the floor that I'd like to replace the boot disk with if I could just get a current build - but the last -current with a working ata driver is from the 5th. I just hope that the ata lockup was due to an i/o conflict with the ISDN card that has now been fixed, but I have no chance of testing this in ``the next few days''. I have no problem with ata becoming standard. I have a big problem with wd being removed. I see no good reason for not leaving it there. If people want to tear working code out of the system, at least give us some notice ! -- Brian Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour ! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message