Switch from legacy ata(4) to CAM-based ATA

[Alexander Motin]

On 21.04.2011 13:26, Alexander Motin wrote:
> Marius Strobl wrote:
>> On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 12:57:47PM +0300, Alexander Motin wrote:
>>> With 9.0 release approaching quickly, I believe it the best time now to
>>> manage migration from legacy ata(4) ATA to the new CAM-based one. New
>>> ATA code present in the tree for more then a year now, used by many
>>> people and proved it's superior functionality and reliability. The only
>>> major issue with it now is the migration process. Sooner or later we
>>> have to pass it, but due to major UI and API changes we can't do it
>>> after 9.0 release. So I propose to do it the next Sunday (April 24) to
>>> have as much time for troubleshooting as possible.
>>>
>>> I have prepared the following patch to do it:
>>> http://people.freebsd.org/~mav/ata_switch.patch
>>
>> Could you please add descriptions of the controllers supported by
>> ahci(4), mvs(4) and siis(4) to the kernel configuration files and
>> preserve alphabetical ordering, i.e. list ata(4) after ahci(4)?
>
> OK. Here is the new patch:
> http://people.freebsd.org/~mav/ata_switch2.patch

Patch committed. Welcome to the new world! :)

-- 
Alexander Motin