Date: Fri, 05 Mar 1999 15:14:15 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Cc: dcs@newsguy.com, current@FreeBSD.ORG, sheldonh@iafrica.com, sos@freebsd.dk Subject: Re: ATAPI and ATAPI_STATIC with the new ATA* driver? Message-ID: <199903052314.PAA06961@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 03 Mar 1999 03:46:34 %2B1100." <199903021646.DAA26990@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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> >> >The only thing that bit me was that I used wd0 and wd2 with the older > >> >driver, whereas the newer driver automatically decided to use ad0 and > >> >ad1. This is "expected" behaviour, but it's something for other weenies > >> >to watch out for. :-) > >> > >> This breakage was announced :-). > > > >Besides, it is not even a breakage. It finally got _unbroken_. :-) > > It is breakage, and should be fixed. It's only just now been fixed. The convention on the i386 platform is to pack unit numbers; the 'wd' driver was our sole exception (the BIOS and the SCSI code both pack unit numbers). Since it's now consistent with everything else, it should stay as-is. Wiring ATAPI units down is of limited utility, but should probably be supported for people that like those silly removable drive sleds. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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