Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1999 19:14:21 +0100 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> To: nate@mt.sri.com (Nate Williams) Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADSUP: wd driver will be retired! Message-ID: <6246.944849661@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 10 Dec 1999 11:10:21 MST." <199912101810.LAA19935@mt.sri.com>
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In message <199912101810.LAA19935@mt.sri.com>, Nate Williams writes: >> >> In a few days time the wd driver will be retired from FreeBSDs >> >> i386 architecture. >> > >> >Given that the ATA driver just went active a few minutes ago, I think a >> >period of shakeout time would be called for. I think that time should >> >be longer than a few days, and should be in 4.0, and then retired in >> >4.1. >> >> The ata driver has been available for you and other to test for a long >> time. > >And your point is? I'm a user, not a developer. If I wanted to be a >developer, I'd have written my own device driver. I want to *USE* >FreeBSD, not develop it. Then don't run -current. -- 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
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