From owner-svn-src-all@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 13 03:09:02 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BBF28106566B; Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:09:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from doconnor@gsoft.com.au) Received: from cain.gsoft.com.au (cain.gsoft.com.au [203.31.81.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0AFBD8FC13; Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:09:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from doconnor@gsoft.com.au) Received: from inchoate.gsoft.com.au (130.48.233.220.static.exetel.com.au [220.233.48.130]) (authenticated bits=0) by cain.gsoft.com.au (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n6D38sMY038900 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO); Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:38:56 +0930 (CST) (envelope-from doconnor@gsoft.com.au) From: "Daniel O'Connor" To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:08:32 +1000 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.10 References: <37131.1247214217@critter.freebsd.dk> <4A5A98FA.3050208@samsco.org> In-Reply-To: <4A5A98FA.3050208@samsco.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart1487338.LL4kmf39c3"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200907131308.41598.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> X-Spam-Score: -2.053 () AWL,BAYES_00 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.63 on 203.31.81.10 Cc: "Carlos A. M. dos Santos" , svn-src-head@freebsd.org, Scott Long , src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r195534 - in head: etc/mtree include lib/libcam sbin/camcontrol share/man/man4 sys/cam sys/cam/ata sys/cam/scsi sys/conf sys/dev/advansys sys/dev/ahci sys/dev/aic7xxx sys/dev/amd sys/de... X-BeenThere: svn-src-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire src tree \(except for " user" and " projects" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:09:03 -0000 --nextPart1487338.LL4kmf39c3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Mon, 13 Jul 2009, Scott Long wrote: > The only big downside to using the 'da' device moniker for SATA disks > is that it hinders people who want to experiment with switching back > and forth between the old and new ahci/ata drivers. =A0I feel for these > people, and I don't like making their lives hard. =A0But on the other > hand, this is a transition period, and experimenting is not without > headaches and risks. =A0A day will come, hopefully fairly soon, where > switching between the two subsystems is no longer needed, and I don't > like catering to a short term need at the expense of a long-term > need. If you are such a user it is trivial to switch to using UFS ID labels. Swap is a little more complex but you can use glabel fairly easily. =2D-=20 Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum GPG Fingerprint - 5596 B766 97C0 0E94 4347 295E E593 DC20 7B3F CE8C --nextPart1487338.LL4kmf39c3 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.11 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBKWqU55ZPcIHs/zowRAtvsAJ9mN1w8mJ8gZuYaJ93YzKK5uRUBtQCgiplv Bth9nZEPfCRBP/2loydhdac= =0Yed -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1487338.LL4kmf39c3--