device atapicam not enabled in GENERIC kernel for FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE

Kris Kennaway kris at obsecurity.org
Sat Mar 4 21:30:52 UTC 2006


On Sat, Mar 04, 2006 at 05:26:37PM -0400, Duane Whitty wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Just wondering if anyone has any 
> information/opinion as to why
> device atapicam is not enabled by 
> default in the GENERIC kernel.

It's not an appropriate default, since it modifies the way the ata
subsystem works in ways the maintainer does not wish to support, and
often contains bugs.

Kris
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