From owner-freebsd-current Thu Dec 9 7: 6: 5 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (wandering-wizard.cybercity.dk [212.242.43.150]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D83D415687; Thu, 9 Dec 1999 07:05:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by critter.freebsd.dk (8.9.3/8.9.2) with ESMTP id QAA01719; Thu, 9 Dec 1999 16:05:38 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) To: Greg Lehey Cc: Kris Kennaway , current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Fallback paths (was: HEADSUP: wd driver will be retired!) In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 08 Dec 1999 21:48:32 EST." <19991208214832.58332@mojave.sitaranetworks.com> Date: Thu, 09 Dec 1999 16:05:38 +0100 Message-ID: <1717.944751938@critter.freebsd.dk> From: Poul-Henning Kamp Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message <19991208214832.58332@mojave.sitaranetworks.com>, Greg Lehey writes: >> 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? Apart from the fsck/root/reload issue (for which there is a manual work-around) is the only thing which doesn't work with block devices in /dev. -- Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member phk@FreeBSD.ORG "Real hackers run -current on their laptop." FreeBSD -- It will take a long time before progress goes too far! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message