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Date:      Mon, 07 Oct 2002 18:44:54 -0400 (EDT)
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Peter Jeremy <peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au>
Cc:        cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, Scott Long <scottl@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/etc MAKEDEV src/share/man/man4/man4.i386 Mak
Message-ID:  <XFMail.20021007184454.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20021007211852.GH495@gsmx07.alcatel.com.au>

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On 07-Oct-2002 Peter Jeremy wrote:
> On 2002-Oct-05 11:31:49 -0700, Scott Long <scottl@FreeBSD.ORG> wrote:
>>scottl      2002/10/05 11:31:49 PDT
> ...
>>  Removed files:         (Branch: RELENG_4)
>>    share/man/man4/man4.i386 matcd.4 
>>    sys/i386/isa/matcd   TODO audio.c creative.h matcd.c 
>>                         matcddrv.h options.h 
>>  Log:
>>  "<matcd>  Help! Help, scottl is trying to *BANG* *BANG* *BANG*"
>>  "<CVS>    Hello?  Hello?  Are you still there?"
>>  
>>  Approved by:    re (rwatson)
> 
> Given that there has just been a thread in -STABLE in which jhb stated
> that this device would continue to be supported in 4.x and there has
> been no indication that it would be de-supported, this commit would
> seem to be premature at best.  I note that this commit message does
> not include any reason or justification for the removal of matcd.

As indicated later in the thread matcd(4) was removed for other reasons
not stated in the original message (i.e. not GEOM related).  If you wish
to write another matcd(4) driver from scratch and offer to maintain it
I'm sure it would be gratefully accepted.

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