cvs commit: src/sys/cam/scsi scsi_cd.c src/sys/dev/ata
atapi-cd.c atapi-cd.h src/sys/isa fd.c
Thomas Moestl
t.moestl at tu-bs.de
Thu Sep 11 16:51:32 PDT 2003
On Thu, 2003/09/11 at 12:27:25 -0700, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
> phk 2003/09/11 12:27:24 PDT
>
> FreeBSD src repository
>
> Modified files:
> sys/cam/scsi scsi_cd.c
> sys/dev/ata atapi-cd.c atapi-cd.h
> sys/isa fd.c
> Log:
> Disable the use of cloning use in floppy and CD drivers.
>
> This commit puts the relevant code snippets under #ifdef GONE_IN_5
> (rather than #ifndef BURN_BRIDGES) thereby disabling the code now.
>
> The code wil be entirely removed before 5.2 unless we find reasons
> why this would be a bad idea.
The cloning handlers in the CD-ROM drivers used to be required to
mount root from CD-ROM, which is e.g. required for the bootable
sparc64 distribution disks. Have things changed so that they are no
longer needed while I wasn't watching, or does this change break that
case?
- Thomas
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