Date: Wed, 08 Dec 1999 19:19:00 +0100 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> To: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> Cc: Soren Schmidt <sos@freebsd.dk>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADSUP: wd driver will be retired! Message-ID: <34305.944677140@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 08 Dec 1999 09:42:45 PST." <Pine.BSF.4.10.9912080939150.23236-100000@current1.whistle.com>
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Julian, Removing wd doesn't leave anybody with a broken system, but certain code may have to be ported and tested by the people who have the hardware. If you have the hardware for some of these IDE controllers, I'm sure sos will receive and integrate your patches. Poul-Henning In message <Pine.BSF.4.10.9912080939150.23236-100000@current1.whistle.com>, Jul ian Elischer writes: > >because it doesn't support the chipsets that the old one does. >(namely the 200 or so lines of support in pci_ide.c needed for the Cyrix >GXM series). > >You shouldn't remove a function until it has been properly replaced. >A very simple concept some people seem to have trouble grasping. > >On Wed, 8 Dec 1999, Soren Schmidt wrote: > >> It seems Julian Elischer wrote: >> >> > please do not remove it.. >> >> And why is that ?? There is no point in having done a new one then, and >> you guys have known I've been working on this for ages so this cannot >> come as a surprise to anybody... >> >> The same thing is about to apply to the woxware sound code, we have a >> new shiny system that works and is much better designed... >> >> -Søren >> > > -- 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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