Date: Wed, 8 Dec 1999 21:48:32 -0500 From: Greg Lehey <grog@mojave.sitaranetworks.com> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>, Kris Kennaway <kris@hub.freebsd.org> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Fallback paths (was: HEADSUP: wd driver will be retired!) Message-ID: <19991208214832.58332@mojave.sitaranetworks.com> In-Reply-To: <34789.944683236@critter.freebsd.dk>; from Poul-Henning Kamp on Wed, Dec 08, 1999 at 09:00:36PM %2B0100 References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.9912080950580.44235-100000@hub.freebsd.org> <34789.944683236@critter.freebsd.dk>
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On Wednesday, 8 December 1999 at 21:00:36 +0100, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > In message <Pine.BSF.4.21.9912080950580.44235-100000@hub.freebsd.org>, Kris Ken > naway writes: >> On Wed, 8 Dec 1999, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: >> >>> Update your /etc/fstab (use /dev/ad* instead of /dev/wd* or >>> /dev/rwd* >> >> Can't we keep the same device names? I thought that was the original plan >> way back when, once the new driver was ready for prime-time. >> >> Also, perhaps we should have a changing-over period where the old drivers >> are still available under a new name - until recently, Soren was >> advertising the driver as "WARNING: This is pre-alpha code and may trash >> your filesystems", etc, which may well have limited his testing base (it >> certainly scared me off). I'm all for moving forward, but I'd hate to >> eliminate a fallback path in case the transition proves less than smooth. > > The fallback path is not eliminated, and may never be, but it may become > rather uncomfortable to linger on it longer than you absolutely need to. Would you care to expand on that statement? Greg -- Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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