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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... 

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