Parallels v4 regression (aka ada(4) oddity) in RELENG_9

[Devin Teske]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alexander Motin [mailto:mavbsd at gmail.com] On Behalf Of Alexander
> Motin
> Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 3:52 PM
> To: Devin Teske
> Cc: freebsd-hackers at freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: Parallels v4 regression (aka ada(4) oddity) in RELENG_9
> 
> On 01/23/12 20:06, Devin Teske wrote:
> > I have a Parallels virtual machine and it runs FreeBSD 4 through 8 just
> > swimmingly.
> >
> > However, in RELENG_9 I notice something different. My once "ad0" is now
> showing
> > up as "ada0". However, something even stranger is that devfs is providing
both
> > ad0 family devices AND ada0 family devices.
> 
> That is compatibility shims. You can disable them if you want by adding
> to /boot/loader.conf line: kern.cam.ada.legacy_aliases=0
> 

Ah, thanks Alexander!
-- 
Devin

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