svn commit: r220983 - head

[Dan Mack]

On Sun, 24 Apr 2011, Alexander Best wrote:

> On Sun Apr 24 11, Alexander Motin wrote:
>> Author: mav
>> Date: Sun Apr 24 09:23:08 2011
>> New Revision: 220983
>> URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/220983
>>
>> Log:
>>   Explicitly note that device numbers are starting from zero.
>>
>> Modified:
>>   head/UPDATING
>>
>> Modified: head/UPDATING
>> ==============================================================================
>> --- head/UPDATING	Sun Apr 24 08:58:58 2011	(r220982)
>> +++ head/UPDATING	Sun Apr 24 09:23:08 2011	(r220983)
>> @@ -28,8 +28,9 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 9.
>>  	removed and replaced by respective CAM drivers. If you are using
>>  	ATA device names in /etc/fstab or other places, make sure to update
>>  	them respectively (adX -> adaY, acdX -> cdY, afdX -> daY, astX -> saY,
>> -	where 'Y's are the sequential numbers for each type in order of
>> -	detection, unless configured otherwise with tunables, see cam(4)).
>> +	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)).
>
> maybe an extra sentence mentioning the fact that {geom,ufs}-labels and ufsids
> are preferred over device nodes nowadays would be a good idea?
>
> cheers.
> alex

For those of us using a ZFS root pool built out of /dev/gpt/ devices, will 
these automagically pick up the new names?

Dan