On Wed, Dec 20, 2006 at 12:42:06PM -0500, Bill Nottingham wrote:
Bruno Wolff III (bruno(a)wolff.to) said:
> On Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 12:32:51 -0800,
> Per Bothner <per(a)bothner.com> wrote:
> > Jason L Tibbitts III wrote:
> > >Well, "we" I suppose is the kernel folks; this isn't exactly
a Fedora
> > >decision and it isn't really new.
> >
> > It's new for users - people who don't build their own kernels
(assuming
> > they're using PATA disks).
>
> No, it's new for users that don't have scsi disks. You don't need to be
> a kernel hacker to have run accross sd devices previously.
>
> It seems reasonable to make this change for FC7. Whether it is a good idea
> for FC5 and FC6 is another question.
As far as I know, it's not planned for earlier releases.
Given the mess involved with fixing up rawhide, I'm not planning
on doing this for the FC5/FC6 2.6.19 kernels at all. ever.
Dave
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