From owner-cvs-all Mon Oct 7 15:45: 7 2002 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AEABB37B486 for ; Mon, 7 Oct 2002 15:44:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.speakeasy.net (mail14.speakeasy.net [216.254.0.214]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 104BC43E81 for ; Mon, 7 Oct 2002 15:44:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Received: (qmail 14200 invoked from network); 7 Oct 2002 22:44:52 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO server.baldwin.cx) ([216.27.160.63]) (envelope-sender ) by mail14.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with DES-CBC3-SHA encrypted SMTP for ; 7 Oct 2002 22:44:52 -0000 Received: from laptop.baldwin.cx (laptop.baldwin.cx [192.168.0.4]) by server.baldwin.cx (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id g97Mion5003702; Mon, 7 Oct 2002 18:44:50 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.5.2 on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20021007211852.GH495@gsmx07.alcatel.com.au> Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2002 18:44:54 -0400 (EDT) From: John Baldwin To: Peter Jeremy Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc MAKEDEV src/share/man/man4/man4.i386 Mak Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, Scott Long Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 07-Oct-2002 Peter Jeremy wrote: > On 2002-Oct-05 11:31:49 -0700, Scott Long 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: >> " Help! Help, scottl is trying to *BANG* *BANG* *BANG*" >> " 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. -- John Baldwin <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message