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[Teske, Devin]

On Oct 12, 2013, at 8:10 AM, Teske, Devin wrote:

> [snip]
> 
> So let's say you don't have camcontrol(8) in the media, *or* say that you have a kernel
> lacking CAM knobs...
> 
> No problem.
> 
> I could have completely omitted the camcontrol value-add, ... what we had already
> was sufficient enough to describe disks.
> 
> It was only upon Allan's testing that he noticed that the labels could be... better ;D
> 
> So I went scrounging for something that could supersede the description of a `da0'
> that would satisfy Allan, and I found it in camcontrol -- his testing confirmed.
> 
> I don't know if he was using a kernel enhanced with CAM through custom configuration
> or if he was using everything stock... and I could ask him... but it appeared to be working
> 

I asked Allan about that, and this was his response...

AJ> Stock 9 and 10 use CAM by default. In 8.x camcontrol is there, but the
AJ> regular SATA disks do not show up if you do camcontrol devlist, because
AJ> they are the old style (ad4) instead of the new cam style (ada0) etc.
AJ> 
AJ> So worst case, you get a blank output from camcontrol devlist

-- 
Devin

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