Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:26:58 +0000 From: Chris Whitehouse <cwhiteh@onetel.com> To: David Horn <dhorn2000@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: device hint -> disable firewire or sbp driver Message-ID: <4B09ACA2.9050409@onetel.com> In-Reply-To: <25ff90d60911211202s325a4f18u116626beb355ab8d@mail.gmail.com> References: <ade45ae90911181406q3f205cdre521280a81059ccb@mail.gmail.com> <ade45ae90911181444r6c3969efr835d94058a08e00c@mail.gmail.com> <4B083083.4000907@onetel.com> <ade45ae90911211115q2bd17e83ufd4b94411312a921@mail.gmail.com> <25ff90d60911211202s325a4f18u116626beb355ab8d@mail.gmail.com>
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David Horn wrote: >>> >>> Would it be an option to have sbp disabled by default in the install >>> CD's? Those without the problem can put sbp_load in loader.conf, those >>> with the problem will have to kldload it later but at least they will be >>> able to install. > > As per svn and cvs: > > r199112 | kensmith | 2009-11-09 16:39:42 -0500 (Mon, 09 Nov 2009) | 11 lines > Changed paths: > M /stable/8/sys/amd64/conf/GENERIC > M /stable/8/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC > M /stable/8/sys/ia64/conf/GENERIC > M /stable/8/sys/powerpc/conf/GENERIC > M /stable/8/sys/sparc64/conf/GENERIC > > Comment out the sbp(4) entry for GENERIC config files that contain it. > There are known issues with this driver that are beyond what can be > fixed for 8.0-RELEASE and the bugs can cause boot failure on some systems. > It's not clear if it impacts all systems and there is interest in getting > the problem fixed so for now just comment it out instead of remove it. > > Commit straight to stable/8, this is an 8.0-RELEASE issue. Head was left > alone so work on it can continue there. > > Reviewed by: Primary misc. architecture maintainers (marcel, marius) > > Looks like sbp(4) is disabled on the 8.0 branch already. > > --Dave > That's good to hear, thanks for the info Chris
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