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@@ -30,7 +30,17 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 9.x IS SLOW: them respectively (adX -> adaY, acdX -> cdY, afdX -> daY, astX -> saY, where 'Y's are the sequential numbers starting from zero for each type in order of detection, unless configured otherwise with tunables, - see cam(4)). + see cam(4)). There will be symbolic links created in /dev/ to map + old adX devices to the respective adaY. They should provide basic + compatibility for file systems mounting in most cases, but they do + not support old user-level APIs and do not have respective providers + in GEOM. Consider using updated management tools with new device names. + + It is possible to load devices ahci, ata, siis and mvs as modules, + but option ATA_CAM should remain in kernel configuration to make ata + module work as CAM driver supporting legacy ATA controllers. Device ata + still can be used in modular fashion (atacore + ...). Modules atadisk + and atapi* are not used and won't affect operation in ATA_CAM mode. ataraid(4) functionality is now supported by the RAID GEOM class. To use it you can load geom_raid kernel module and use graid(8) tool @@ -49,7 +59,6 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 9.x IS SLOW: device atapicd # ATAPI CDROM drives device atapifd # ATAPI floppy drives device atapist # ATAPI tape drives - options ATA_STATIC_ID # Static device numbering 20110423: The default NFS server has been changed to the new server, which |
