Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 18:44:21 -0600 (CST) From: Mike Silbersack <silby@silby.com> To: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com> Cc: David O'Brien <obrien@FreeBSD.org>, Jonathan Lemon <jlemon@FreeBSD.org>, <cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org>, <cvs-all@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/dev/gx if_gx.c if_gxreg.h if_gxvar.h Message-ID: <20011115183430.V70249-100000@achilles.silby.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0111151545020.72203-100000@beppo>
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On Thu, 15 Nov 2001, Matthew Jacob wrote: > Ulp. I guess I was thinking about where I moved stuff around for isp- not the > same thing. > > Let me argue it a different way- the device support isn't disappearing- it's > reappearing in a different driver. > > Actually, if people care all that much about it, we'll write DEPRECATED in the > man page for -stable and close PRs as they appear. It's not all that > important. > > -matt Since gx is totally replacing wx, would it just be possible to have gx be called wx in -stable? I suspect the real complaints will be from people who build a new generic kernel, and reboot only to find that they have the wrong nic listed in /etc/rc.conf. The actual driver changes will probably go unnoticed by most, so renaming at least sounds safe. (Unless media options need to be set, and there are incompatibilities there.) I don't actually have one of these cards, but I remember having similar feelings of annoyance when the wd -> ad translation was removed. Sure, only a few character replacements in fstab were necessary, but having to make that change when not expecting it was quite disturbing. So, remove wx and rename gx, or add warnings telling everyone that wx will no longer be updated - just please make sure that a new kernel will drop into the place of an old one even if someone did forget to read src/UPDATING. Just my 5 cents, Mike "Silby" Silbersack To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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