From fda36f2fa56cbbe865a0953f33d58af23cfac87b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Warner Losh Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 17:55:23 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] 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... --- UPDATING | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/UPDATING b/UPDATING index bf911f6080cd..2e11f09e223f 100644 --- a/UPDATING +++ b/UPDATING @@ -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 The wd driver is obsolete.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.