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linux-2.6 (2.6.32-11) unstable; urgency=low
* This release replaces the old IDE (PATA) drivers with new drivers
using 'libata' on all architectures. This change was previously made
for the i386 and amd64 architectures.
The automatic upgrade code does not support the configuration files
of many of the boot loaders used on other architectures, so you may
be prompted to make changes manually.
-- Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> Sat, 20 Mar 2010 05:48:31 +0000
linux-2.6 (2.6.32-10) unstable; urgency=low
* The old IDE (PATA) drivers are no longer developed. Most PATA
controllers used in PCs (i386 and amd64 architectures) can be handled
by new drivers using 'libata', which is already used for SATA
controllers. This release enables all the new drivers that are
considered stable and disables the old drivers that they replace.
Other architectures should not be affected.
While the old drivers presented device names beginning with 'hd',
libata makes PATA drives appear as SCSI devices and presents device
names beginning with 'sd' (hard drive), 'sr' (optical) or 'st' (tape).
In a system that already has other SCSI or SCSI-like devices, names
may change unpredictably.
During the upgrade from earlier versions, you will be prompted to
update configuration files which refer to device names that may
change. You can choose to do this yourself or to follow an automatic
upgrade process. Unfortunately the automatic upgrade process does not
cover tape drives. All changed configuration files are backed up with
a suffix of '.old' (or '^old' in one case).
-- Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:15:37 +0000