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.
Bill