Re: wd discontinued? Was: Re: IBM Netfinity 5000 Problem (ATA Driver Bug)

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From
Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl>
Date
3 Jul 2001 15:33:55
Subject
Re: wd discontinued? Was: Re: IBM Netfinity 5000 Problem (ATA Driver Bug)
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20010704003342.A2022@freebie.xs4all.nl


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On Wed, Jul 04, 2001 at 08:30:45AM +1000, Andy Farkas wrote:
> On Tue, 3 Jul 2001, Peter Pentchev wrote:
>
> > With 4.3-RELEASE, possibly. With 4.3-STABLE and 4.4-and-future
> > releases, no - the 'wd' driver was discontinued.
> >
> > G'luck,
> > Peter
>
> So, what's the story with the wd driver going away in -STABLE?? It seems
> you are trying to do this very quietly hoping that no one will notice?

If you did not notice you have not followed the discussions on -hackers.

> If I try and upgrade the 4.3-RELEASE boxes I have that still require the
> wd driver, will they still work?
>
> What about this quote from the ata author:
>
> "The wd driver is only removed from current, so you will still
> be able to follow 4.x..."
>
> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=640514+642483+/usr/local/www/db/text/2000/freebsd-current/20000319.freebsd-current
>
> Inquiring minds would like to know....

Inquiring minds should have followed the discussions that have been on
the mailing lists...

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