From owner-freebsd-stable Tue Jul 3 15:33:56 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from smtp8.xs4all.nl (smtp8.xs4all.nl [194.109.127.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E622437B408; Tue, 3 Jul 2001 15:33:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) by smtp8.xs4all.nl (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id AAA22372; Wed, 4 Jul 2001 00:33:45 +0200 (CEST) Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.11.4/8.11.3) id f63MXgc02041; Wed, 4 Jul 2001 00:33:42 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2001 00:33:42 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte To: Andy Farkas Cc: Peter Pentchev , Soren Schmidt , freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: wd discontinued? Was: Re: IBM Netfinity 5000 Problem (ATA Driver Bug) Message-ID: <20010704003342.A2022@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <20010703130412.F28604@ringworld.oblivion.bg> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from andyf@speednet.com.au on Wed, Jul 04, 2001 at 08:30:45AM +1000 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.3-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Jul 04, 2001 at 08:30:45AM +1000, Andy Farkas wrote: > On Tue, 3 Jul 2001, Peter Pentchev wrote: > > > With 4.3-RELEASE, possibly. With 4.3-STABLE and 4.4-and-future > > releases, no - the 'wd' driver was discontinued. > > > > G'luck, > > Peter > > So, what's the story with the wd driver going away in -STABLE?? It seems > you are trying to do this very quietly hoping that no one will notice? If you did not notice you have not followed the discussions on -hackers. > If I try and upgrade the 4.3-RELEASE boxes I have that still require the > wd driver, will they still work? > > What about this quote from the ata author: > > "The wd driver is only removed from current, so you will still > be able to follow 4.x..." > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=640514+642483+/usr/local/www/db/text/2000/freebsd-current/20000319.freebsd-current > > Inquiring minds would like to know.... Inquiring minds should have followed the discussions that have been on the mailing lists... -- | / o / / _ Arnhem, The Netherlands email: wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte http://www.FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message