HEADS UP: CAM API change, 2TB device support

Kenneth D. Merry ken at kdm.org
Wed Apr 30 17:17:54 PDT 2003


On Thu, May 01, 2003 at 02:15:16 +0200, Marcin Dalecki wrote:
> Kenneth D. Merry wrote:
> > I have checked in the patches I sent out on Sunday.  We now have (untested)
> > support for devices larger than 2TB in CAM.
> > 
> > There should be no effect on devices smaller than 2TB.
> > 
> > There are some API changes that went along with this change, so you'll need
> > to recompile any applications that talk to pass(4) or xpt(4).  (camcontrol,
> > cdrecord, xmcd, cdda2wav, etc.)
> 
> What about aritficially bumping the corresponding port version?
> At lest of the above this would be an obvious thing to do.

Well, this isn't a change to the port, but rather to the OS.

Also, it doesn't affect -stable, only current.

Ken
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