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o soren updated the ata driver.  Please use 1213 or newer if
	  you have problems with the old stuff.
	o Enshrine the night of bared axes against wd.  Strongly push
	  users to move to ata driver.
	o Alpha users need to recompile klds after 11/29.
	o Mention the sound driver bridge code commit of 11/22.
	o change examples in 1205 entry from wd to ad.
	o Talk about new dc driver replacing all of the drivers that
	  Bill Paul has ever written.[*]

Corrections to these entries welcome.

[*] Well, at least those based on tulip clones...
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@ -3,6 +3,20 @@ Updating Information for FreeBSD current users
This file is maintained by imp@village.org. Please send new entries
directly to him. See end of file for further details.
19991213:
Soren updated the ata driver. Please update to at least this
version before submitting bug reports.
19991210:
The ata driver has become the primary ata/ide/atapi driver in
the kernel. The wd driver is obsolete. You should upgrade your
machine to the new ata driver. You will need to follow the
directions for updating the devices in the 19991205 entry. You
will need to update all occurances of wd to ad in your config files
(/etc/rc.conf, /etc/fstab, etc). A compatibility device exists
for wd for the time being, but once you have determined that
ata is working for you, transition to the new ad devices.
19991205:
Block devices are going away. You will need to update your /dev
tree with a fresh copy of MAKEDEV for things to always work in
@ -13,13 +27,17 @@ directly to him. See end of file for further details.
starting the following:
For N in the list of disks
MAKEDEV N # eg wd0
MAKEDEV N # eg ad0
for M in the list of slices
MAKEDEV NsMa # eg wd0s1a
MAKEDEV NsMa # eg ad0s1a
*** All uses of block devices must be converted to char devices.
*** Likely the only thing impacted is dumpdev in /etc/rc.conf
19991204:
The dc interface has replaced al, ax, dm, pn and mx. The former
have been removed.
19991204:
Support for the old 'sd' device names has been removed in
favor of 'da'. Please update your /etc/fstab, /etc/rc.conf
@ -39,6 +57,11 @@ directly to him. See end of file for further details.
19991203:
BAD144 support has been removed. Cope or replace the hardware.
19991129:
ALPHA users take note. All klds will need to be recompiled for
kernels build after this date. It is a good time to update since
pal.s will be going away soon.
19991126:
MFS_ROOT and MFS_ROOT_SIZE are gone, replaced by MD_ROOT and
MD_ROOT_SIZE options in the md driver. md driver now deals with
@ -49,6 +72,11 @@ directly to him. See end of file for further details.
The ep changed a while ago and can no longer be used with hard
wired addresses in the config file.
19991122:
The bridge drivers for sound cards have been committed. Please
see LINT for instructions for your card, if it still works at
all.
19991113:
Gcc 2.95.2 is now the default compiler.