Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 09:13:46 -0700 (PDT) From: Alex Zepeda <garbanzo@hooked.net> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com> Cc: current <current@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: newbus and modem(s) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9904180911420.83760-100000@zippy.dyn.ml.org> In-Reply-To: <1011.924426030@zippy.cdrom.com>
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On Sun, 18 Apr 1999, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > I'm as excited as anyone to see progress, especially if it means the > > ability to modularize the kernel and load various drivers on demand. But, > > alas, it seems this whole thing was rushed horribly. > > Not at all, it's simply something which will require some time to work > out the details of in -current. Which means that it perhaps should be worked out before being merged. Take for instance CAM. It didn't work perfectly, but it sure got a lot more exposure than newbus, and when it was integrated it caused very few problems. > People forget all too often that -current is the bleeding edge and you > shouldn't even bother (truly) to track it unless you're willing and > able to bleed occasionally. I'm actually always happy to see this > lesson driven home again when it looks like people are getting waaaaay > too complacent about -current. :-) Well, why not make ext2fs the default fs just to shake things up? It's one thing to expect panics and soon, but it's another thing to import code that wasn't ready. - alex To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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