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Date:      Tue, 2 Oct 2018 21:36:01 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Kevin Bowling <kbowling@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r339098 - in head: . sys/powerpc/conf
Message-ID:  <201810022136.w92La1ax001885@repo.freebsd.org>

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Author: kbowling (ports committer)
Date: Tue Oct  2 21:36:00 2018
New Revision: 339098
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/339098

Log:
  Use nda(4) on powerpc64
  
  Approved by:	re@ (kib), krion (mentor), imp
  Differential Revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D17368

Modified:
  head/UPDATING
  head/sys/powerpc/conf/GENERIC64

Modified: head/UPDATING
==============================================================================
--- head/UPDATING	Tue Oct  2 21:20:45 2018	(r339097)
+++ head/UPDATING	Tue Oct  2 21:36:00 2018	(r339098)
@@ -31,6 +31,13 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 12.x IS SLOW:
 	disable the most expensive debugging functionality run
 	"ln -s 'abort:false,junk:false' /etc/malloc.conf".)
 
+20181002:
+	The cam(4) based nda(4) driver will be used over nvd(4) by default on
+	powerpc64. You may set 'options NVME_USE_NVD=1' in your kernel conf or
+	loader tunable 'hw.nvme.use_nvd=1' if you wish to use the existing
+	driver.  Make sure to edit /boot/etc/kboot.conf and fstab to use the
+	nda device name.
+
 20180913:
 	Reproducible build mode is now on by default, in preparation for
 	FreeBSD 12.0.  This eliminates build metadata such as the user,

Modified: head/sys/powerpc/conf/GENERIC64
==============================================================================
--- head/sys/powerpc/conf/GENERIC64	Tue Oct  2 21:20:45 2018	(r339097)
+++ head/sys/powerpc/conf/GENERIC64	Tue Oct  2 21:36:00 2018	(r339098)
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ device		siis		# SiliconImage SiI3124/SiI3132/SiI3531 S
 
 # NVM Express (NVMe) support
 device		nvme		# base NVMe driver
+options		NVME_USE_NVD=0	# prefer the cam(4) based nda(4) driver
 device		nvd		# expose NVMe namespaces as disks, depends on nvme
 
 # SCSI Controllers



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