Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2013 23:35:35 +0200 From: Alexander Motin <mav@FreeBSD.org> To: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Any objections/comments on axing out old ATA stack? Message-ID: <51536627.7090005@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20130327213242.GA67876@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> References: <51536306.5030907@FreeBSD.org> <20130327213242.GA67876@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
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On 27.03.2013 23:32, Steve Kargl wrote: > On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 11:22:14PM +0200, Alexander Motin wrote: >> Hi. >> >> Since FreeBSD 9.0 we are successfully running on the new CAM-based ATA >> stack, using only some controller drivers of old ata(4) by having >> `options ATA_CAM` enabled in all kernels by default. I have a wish to >> drop non-ATA_CAM ata(4) code, unused since that time from the head >> branch to allow further ATA code cleanup. >> >> Does any one here still uses legacy ATA stack (kernel explicitly built >> without `options ATA_CAM`) for some reason, for example as workaround >> for some regression? > > Yes, I use the legacy ATA stack. On 9.x or HEAD where new one is default? >> Does anybody have good ideas why we should not drop >> it now? > > Because it works? Any problems with new one? -- Alexander Motin
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