Date: Fri, 26 Nov 1999 07:29:48 +1100 From: Peter Jeremy <jeremyp@gsmx07.alcatel.com.au> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ST-506, ESDI and BAD144 ? Message-ID: <99Nov26.072249est.40323@border.alcanet.com.au> In-Reply-To: <19991125130920.10078@mojave.sitaranetworks.com> References: <33801.943436384@critter.freebsd.dk> <19991125130920.10078@mojave.sitaranetworks.com>
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On 1999-Nov-26 05:09:20 +1100, Greg Lehey wrote: >I don't suppose it would be that big a deal to remove the old driver, >but what speaks against leaving it in the tree along with a comment in >the GENERIC config file saying "if you use antediluvial disk hardware, >you may prefer to use an old driver too"? The primary problem I can see is bitrot. There seem to be a number of fairly intrusive architecture changes coming up - block/character device merging, CardBus, `proper' thread support and SMP improvements. The WD driver will presumably live long enough to see the end of the block/character merge. The other changes seem further off, but have the potential to require changes to all drivers. Peter To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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