Date: Wed, 08 Dec 1999 10:56:24 -0800 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADSUP: wd driver will be retired! Message-ID: <199912081856.KAA06231@mass.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 08 Dec 1999 09:42:45 PST." <Pine.BSF.4.10.9912080939150.23236-100000@current1.whistle.com>
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> = > 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
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