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 The wd driver is obsolete.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