From owner-freebsd-current Wed Dec 8 10:58:25 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mass.cdrom.com (castles561.castles.com [208.214.165.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5CEB615842 for ; Wed, 8 Dec 1999 10:54:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from msmith@mass.cdrom.com) Received: from mass.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mass.cdrom.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA06231; Wed, 8 Dec 1999 10:56:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from msmith@mass.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199912081856.KAA06231@mass.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: Julian Elischer Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADSUP: wd driver will be retired! In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 08 Dec 1999 09:42:45 PST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Wed, 08 Dec 1999 10:56:24 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > = > because it doesn't support the chipsets that the old one does. > (namely the 200 or so lines of support in pci_ide.c needed for the Cyri= x > GXM series). > = > You shouldn't remove a function until it has been properly replaced. > A very simple concept some people seem to have trouble grasping. Actually, that's not at all correct. We've demonstrated a number of = times now that you reach a point where a brutal cutover is required. = Failure to do so leaves people clutching the old security blanket for = years, and massively impedes further development. This is a good time for this particular cutover. A little more public = announcement would perhaps have been nice, but that's probably asking = more of our axe-wielding friends than we're ever going to get. The right attitude to be taking now is "here is where the ata drivers = still fall down" or "here are patches to them to replace this = functionality". Think about the longer-term goals here folks. -- = \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message