Subject: Re: CVS commit: src/sys/arch/x86/x86
To: None <source-changes@NetBSD.org>
From: Juan RP <juan@xtrarom.org>
List: source-changes
Date: 08/14/2006 20:44:53
On Mon, 14 Aug 2006 11:42:21 -0700
Jason Thorpe <thorpej@shagadelic.org> wrote:

> 
> On Aug 12, 2006, at 2:45 PM, Christos Zoulas wrote:
> 
> >
> > Module Name:	src
> > Committed By:	christos
> > Date:		Sat Aug 12 21:45:22 UTC 2006
> >
> > Modified Files:
> > 	src/sys/arch/x86/x86: x86_autoconf.c
> >
> > Log Message:
> > - Check if a disk has wedges, and use the wedge device corresponding  
> > to the
> >   root partition, instead of punting. This makes booting work
> >   with traditional disklabel disks and wedge autoconfiguration.
> 
> Why was this change necessary?  I had booting from wedges working ...  
> a long time ago.

I would like to know why too... I used wedges in the past and it worked
perfectly without these changes...