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Date:      Fri, 9 Feb 1996 09:15:39 -0700
From:      Nate Williams <nate@sri.MT.net>
To:        StevenR362@aol.com
Cc:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: [PCMCIA] pccard-test 960207 is now available
Message-ID:  <199602091615.JAA12608@rocky.sri.MT.net>
In-Reply-To: <960209003831_418290599@emout10.mail.aol.com>
References:  <960209003831_418290599@emout10.mail.aol.com>

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> >We announce the release newest alpha-test version (960207) of our
> >"pccard-test" package.
> 
> Shouldn't somebody be blatting this into CVS along a vendor branch
> so that revision info is maintained on it.

Unfortunately, this code is a mixture of both the original release code
plus some bits from -current.  (There were JREMOD diffs in the middle of
some of the older diffs for example).  I'm keeping the actual
/sys/pccard diffs current to -current, and in the process of bringing
them back to -stable as well.  I'll be working on the /sys/i386/isa bits
as well, and hope to commit some of it when I get the lineage a bit more
removed.

  I realize it is alpha code, but
> it 
> could prove useful to have it under CVS in case a card stops working 
> between  9602xx and 960?xx releases.  I assume it will eventually go into
> the current tree.

I'm going to *attempt* (assumming Poul lets me) to bring in the
/sys/pccard bits into both -stable and -current to make it easier to
minimize the patches in xperiment.  The code is useless in -stable w/out
changes to /sys/i386/i386/conf.c anyway, so it won't hurt.  However, the
patches to /sys/i386 probably won't go into -stable unless they have
merit outside of the PCCARD world.  And, some of the bits may not go
into -current if I or Poul don't feel they are OK to go.

>     Is there a way to put something into the CVS repository so that it is 
> readily available but also not part of current?  Sorta an experimental or
> reference

Yep, you add it on a branch.  However, I attempted to do this in the
past with a verion of CVS, and I don't think anyone had the time and/or
desire to look at it, so I'm not convinced it's worth my time and effort
to bring things in given the headaches of keeping branch revisions up.


Nate



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