Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1999 11:15:46 -0700 From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> Cc: nate@mt.sri.com (Nate Williams), current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADSUP: wd driver will be retired! Message-ID: <199912101815.LAA20053@mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <6246.944849661@critter.freebsd.dk> References: <199912101810.LAA19935@mt.sri.com> <6246.944849661@critter.freebsd.dk>
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> >> >> 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. I don't, but I will be running 4.0, which won't have a WD driver. Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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