Date: Sat, 16 Sep 1995 15:10:51 -0700 From: David Greenman <davidg@Root.COM> To: Jake Hamby <jehamby@lightside.com> Cc: Didier Derny <didier@aida.org>, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: atapi.c and wcd.c missing.... Message-ID: <199509162210.PAA01141@corbin.Root.COM> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 16 Sep 95 08:53:32 PDT." <Pine.BSF.3.91.950916084918.2681A-100000@localhost>
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>> the entry 'wdc0' and remove it. We have not yet brought in the ATAPI cdrom >> support. >> >> -DG >> > >But ATAPI support WILL be added to -stable sometime before 2.1.0, right? >I ask because so many people have bought IDE CD-ROM drives (including >myself and one friend who wants to install FreeBSD but wait for the CD-ROM >release of 2.1.0 :-) and the vast majority of drives will probably work with >the current ATAPI drivers. Support for the largest possible range of >CD-ROM drives is also important in order to actually INSTALL FreeBSD when >it's distributed on CD-ROM without copying it to the hard drive, first. >Just wanted to verify that this WOULD be in 2.1.0, even if it does have >some problems, it's far better than nothing. There are serious bugs in the code at the moment that cause it to break support for a significant number of IDE _disks_. I will not be bringing in this code until those bugs are fixed. -DG
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