Missing "device pass" on RPI2

[bob prohaska]

After updating sources last night on an RPI2 running 12-stable, the
machine started reporting 
xptioctl: pass driver is not in the kernel
xptioctl: put "device pass" in your kernel config file

Backing up to kernel.old repeated the error, much to
my surprise, since it had previously made no such complaint.
No changes were made to the kernel config file.

I'm trying to to update the kernel to 355585 in case
that's the problem.

I did add to /boot/loader.conf the line  
 
vfs.root_mount_always_wait="1"
 
Might that have caused the error?

Thanks for reading,

bob prohaska