Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2001 08:30:45 +1000 (EST) From: Andy Farkas <andyf@speednet.com.au> To: Peter Pentchev <roam@orbitel.bg> Cc: Soren Schmidt <sos@freebsd.dk>, <freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG>, <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: wd discontinued? Was: Re: IBM Netfinity 5000 Problem (ATA Driver Bug) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0107040818090.26538-100000@backup.af.speednet.com.au> In-Reply-To: <20010703130412.F28604@ringworld.oblivion.bg>
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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? Why no HEADS UP? How come nothing in UPDATING??? 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.... -- :{ andyf@speednet.com.au Andy Farkas System Administrator Speednet Communications http://www.speednet.com.au/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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