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

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From
Andy Farkas <andyf@speednet.com.au>
Date
3 Jul 2001 15:31:20
Subject
wd discontinued? Was: Re: IBM Netfinity 5000 Problem (ATA Driver Bug)
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Pine.BSF.4.33.0107040818090.26538-100000@backup.af.speednet.com.au


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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?

Why no HEADS UP? How come nothing in UPDATING???

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....

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:{ andyf@speednet.com.au

Andy Farkas
System Administrator
Speednet Communications
http://www.speednet.com.au/




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