AoE for 4.x

[Julian Elischer]

Sam wrote:

>> I'm sure you mentionned this before, but why ar eyou not doing it 
>> against -current first?
>>
>> We generally don't allow changes to 4.x untill they have settled a 
>> bit in -current.  (or 5.x)
>
>
> I decided to write a 4.x driver thinking it would a) be easier to port
> forward than backward, and b) would give me experience in the old kernel
> to understand why certain changes were made for the new.
>
> [Thompson's Rule for First-Time Telescope Makers]
> It is faster to make a four-inch mirror and then a six-inch mirror than
> to make a six-inch mirror. 


hmmmm it might be the other way around here...

>
>
> As for the single patch, I'll cook one up shortly.  I just figured it
> would be more of a pain to look through.


I guess we are used to it.

I can't recommend enough the utility of having a cvs mirror and using 
cvs  to keep your
 work trees sync'd against FreeBSD. It is also a goodd way of making 
sure that you don't
forget parts of the diff (e.g. Makefiles etc.) as CVS will pick up all 
the changed files.


>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Sam