Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2001 00:33:42 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: Andy Farkas <andyf@speednet.com.au> Cc: Peter Pentchev <roam@orbitel.bg>, Soren Schmidt <sos@freebsd.dk>, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: wd discontinued? Was: Re: IBM Netfinity 5000 Problem (ATA Driver Bug) Message-ID: <20010704003342.A2022@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0107040818090.26538-100000@backup.af.speednet.com.au>; from andyf@speednet.com.au on Wed, Jul 04, 2001 at 08:30:45AM %2B1000 References: <20010703130412.F28604@ringworld.oblivion.bg> <Pine.BSF.4.33.0107040818090.26538-100000@backup.af.speednet.com.au>
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On Wed, Jul 04, 2001 at 08:30:45AM +1000, Andy Farkas wrote: > On Tue, 3 Jul 2001, Peter Pentchev wrote: > > > With 4.3-RELEASE, possibly. With 4.3-STABLE and 4.4-and-future > > releases, no - the 'wd' driver was discontinued. > > > > G'luck, > > Peter > > So, what's the story with the wd driver going away in -STABLE?? It seems > you are trying to do this very quietly hoping that no one will notice? If you did not notice you have not followed the discussions on -hackers. > If I try and upgrade the 4.3-RELEASE boxes I have that still require the > wd driver, will they still work? > > What about this quote from the ata author: > > "The wd driver is only removed from current, so you will still > be able to follow 4.x..." > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=640514+642483+/usr/local/www/db/text/2000/freebsd-current/20000319.freebsd-current > > Inquiring minds would like to know.... Inquiring minds should have followed the discussions that have been on the mailing lists... -- | / o / / _ Arnhem, The Netherlands email: wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte http://www.FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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