On Saturday, 11 December 1999 at 2:09:48 +0800, Peter Wemm wrote:
> Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
>> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Nate Williams writes:
>>>> In a few days time the wd driver will be retired from FreeBSDs
>>>> i386 architecture.
>>>
>>> Given that the ATA driver just went active a few minutes ago, I think a
>>> period of shakeout time would be called for. I think that time should
>>> be longer than a few days, and should be in 4.0, and then retired in
>>> 4.1.
>>
>> The ata driver has been available for you and other to test for a long
>> time. 4.0-REL is still some time away, so if you are quick you can
>> still give it a good shakeout and have any bugs you find fixed before
>> 4.0-RELEASE.
>
> Also, I'd like to reiterate something again.. Not running as fast as
> possible is *not* a showstopper. If a device runs in generic PIO or WDMA
> mode instead of udma mode, it's *not* the end of the earth. People in that
> scenario won't be stranded.
I think a 90% performance hit is a bug in most people's books. From
what I've seen, that's a conservative estimate.
> What is a killer is if a large number of people on popular hardware
> can't even boot, *at all*, in no, way, shape or form. Only that.
> The only way to find that out for sure before 4.0 is to push the
> issue *now*.
Agreed. I'm not saying "don't make it the default", I'm saying "leave
an escape path".
Greg
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