Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2011 12:04:38 +0300 From: Alexander Motin <mav@FreeBSD.org> Cc: FreeBSD-Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Switch from legacy ata(4) to CAM-based ATA Message-ID: <4DB3E7A6.5020002@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <4DB00651.6080708@FreeBSD.org> References: <4DAEAE1B.70207@FreeBSD.org> <20110420205115.GA86399@alchemy.franken.de> <4DB00651.6080708@FreeBSD.org>
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On 21.04.2011 13:26, Alexander Motin wrote: > Marius Strobl wrote: >> On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 12:57:47PM +0300, Alexander Motin wrote: >>> With 9.0 release approaching quickly, I believe it the best time now to >>> manage migration from legacy ata(4) ATA to the new CAM-based one. New >>> ATA code present in the tree for more then a year now, used by many >>> people and proved it's superior functionality and reliability. The only >>> major issue with it now is the migration process. Sooner or later we >>> have to pass it, but due to major UI and API changes we can't do it >>> after 9.0 release. So I propose to do it the next Sunday (April 24) to >>> have as much time for troubleshooting as possible. >>> >>> I have prepared the following patch to do it: >>> http://people.freebsd.org/~mav/ata_switch.patch >> >> Could you please add descriptions of the controllers supported by >> ahci(4), mvs(4) and siis(4) to the kernel configuration files and >> preserve alphabetical ordering, i.e. list ata(4) after ahci(4)? > > OK. Here is the new patch: > http://people.freebsd.org/~mav/ata_switch2.patch Patch committed. Welcome to the new world! :) -- Alexander Motin
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