On Saturday, 11 December 1999 at 8:52:28 +0100, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Warner Losh writes:
>> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Poul-Henning Kamp writes:
>> : You overlook one simple thing here: If we want the ata driver tested,
>> : we need to make existing kernel configs break, otherwise people
>> : will not change them to use ata. We know this from bitter experience.
>>
>> If all you are talking about is something like:
>>
>> Index: files.i386
>> ===================================================================
>> RCS file: /home/imp/FreeBSD/CVS/src/sys/i386/conf/files.i386,v
>> retrieving revision 1.282
>> diff -u -r1.282 files.i386
>> --- files.i386 1999/11/28 17:51:06 1.282
>> +++ files.i386 1999/12/11 01:31:00
>> @@ -318,6 +318,7 @@
>> i386/isa/stallion.c optional stl
>> i386/isa/tw.c optional tw
>> i386/isa/vesa.c optional vga
>> +i386/isa/SirNotAppaeringInThisKerenl.c optional wd
>> i386/isa/wd.c optional wd
>> i386/isa/wd.c optional wdc
>> i386/isa/wfd.c optional wfd
>>
>>
>> I could go along with that.
I've been trying to figure out exactly what you mean with this
change. I've decided you mean this is a line you need to remove in
order to build a kernel with wd. Correct?
That might work, but I think it's a bit of a kludge. Why not just
change the name of the driver to owd? That way people will have to
make a conscious effort to stay with that driver, and we can issue
them with the dire warnings about the effects of doing so.
> And probably an
> #error "Don't use this driver, use ata-disk instead"
> in wd.d
Remember this fix is supposed to be for non-CURRENT users, people who
are traumatized enough already. A warning from config(8) would serve
a similar purpose.
Greg
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