svn commit: r220983 - head

[Robert Watson]

On Sun, 24 Apr 2011, Alexander Best wrote:

>> ==============================================================================
>> --- 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?

If this is true, that's what our installer needs to do.  Does our installer do 
that?

(In general, a reasonable definition of "preferred" is "what the installer 
does" -- if that's not the case, it's a serious bug.)

Robert