Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 00:18:26 -0400 From: Arnaud Lacombe <lacombar@gmail.com> To: "Bjoern A. Zeeb" <bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net>, 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: <BANLkTikSD3AGxkUAQsEQTjr8LQDiAXt=wg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <DACA5DEF-C004-4818-B658-21045582E480@lists.zabbadoz.net> References: <4DAEAE1B.70207@FreeBSD.org> <20110420203754.GM85668@acme.spoerlein.net> <4DAF46F8.9040004@FreeBSD.org> <BCE89DC7-116D-48E1-BD86-DF986062B0CC@samsco.org> <DACA5DEF-C004-4818-B658-21045582E480@lists.zabbadoz.net>
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Hi, On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 3:51 AM, Bjoern A. Zeeb <bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net> wrote: > [...] > > I agree that we need to catch up with something but we should have done s= o a year ago. > > a) we MUST HAVE a transition scheme if we cam-base ATA by default. Someth= ing that converts things automatically to whatever? =A0That's not been done= in more than one year. =A0It's not acceptable to update, reboot and not fi= nd the root file system no matter what. =A0We all agreed on that back then.= =A0I do not really care how it's done. > =A0I have been testing cam based ata for a while now on the machines I ca= n cope with as a developer and even then I screwed the transition partly tw= o times in the last months. =A0How's a normal user to do that flawlessly? > For the record, it would seem that Alexander did not provide any follow-up to this message, but still decided to go forward. I would be interested to have his answer to your question. Thanks, - Arnaud > b) FYI: labels and stacked geoms do not work well together as you can nev= er detach providers cleanly then, which basically means you are at risk of = data loss with every reboot. =A0I was told multiple times that this is not = fixable. =A0If it is labels seem to be a great why to go. =A0For now I have= to compile them out/disable them unfortunately so they are not an option, = and they'll be less so if the new installer also offers gmirror, geli, ... = installs. > > Give me a solution that works out of the box and I'll happily agree that = we switch. > FWIW, so do I. > /bz > > -- > Bjoern A. Zeeb =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 = =A0 =A0 You have to have visions! > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 Stop bit received. Insert coin for new address family. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org= " >
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