Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 13:32:43 -0700 From: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> To: Sam <sah@softcardsystems.com> Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AoE for 4.x Message-ID: <41508FEB.6030203@elischer.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.60.0409211603320.32120@athena> References: <Pine.LNX.4.60.0409211531450.32120@athena> <415083CC.7C041DFD@freebsd.org> <Pine.LNX.4.60.0409211541190.32120@athena> <41508827.8010007@elischer.org> <Pine.LNX.4.60.0409211603320.32120@athena>
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Sam wrote: >> I'm sure you mentionned this before, but why ar eyou not doing it >> against -current first? >> >> We generally don't allow changes to 4.x untill they have settled a >> bit in -current. (or 5.x) > > > I decided to write a 4.x driver thinking it would a) be easier to port > forward than backward, and b) would give me experience in the old kernel > to understand why certain changes were made for the new. > > [Thompson's Rule for First-Time Telescope Makers] > It is faster to make a four-inch mirror and then a six-inch mirror than > to make a six-inch mirror. hmmmm it might be the other way around here... > > > As for the single patch, I'll cook one up shortly. I just figured it > would be more of a pain to look through. I guess we are used to it. I can't recommend enough the utility of having a cvs mirror and using cvs to keep your work trees sync'd against FreeBSD. It is also a goodd way of making sure that you don't forget parts of the diff (e.g. Makefiles etc.) as CVS will pick up all the changed files. > > > Cheers, > > Sam
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