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