Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2013 15:41:14 +0000 From: "Teske, Devin" <Devin.Teske@fisglobal.com> To: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> Cc: Devin Teske <dteske@FreeBSD.org>, "svn-src-head@freebsd.org" <svn-src-head@freebsd.org>, "svn-src-all@freebsd.org" <svn-src-all@freebsd.org>, "src-committers@freebsd.org" <src-committers@freebsd.org>, "Teske, Devin" <Devin.Teske@fisglobal.com> Subject: Re: svn commit: r256343 - in head/usr.sbin/bsdinstall: . scripts Message-ID: <13CA24D6AB415D428143D44749F57D720FC5BA7F@LTCFISWMSGMB21.FNFIS.com> In-Reply-To: <13CA24D6AB415D428143D44749F57D720FC5B7DF@LTCFISWMSGMB21.FNFIS.com> References: <201310112041.r9BKfZeT002056@svn.freebsd.org> <5258F9B3.7030101@freebsd.org> <13CA24D6AB415D428143D44749F57D720FC5B547@LTCFISWMSGMB21.FNFIS.com> <13CA24D6AB415D428143D44749F57D720FC5B7DF@LTCFISWMSGMB21.FNFIS.com>
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On Oct 12, 2013, at 8:10 AM, Teske, Devin wrote: > [snip] >=20 > So let's say you don't have camcontrol(8) in the media, *or* say that you= have a kernel > lacking CAM knobs... >=20 > No problem. >=20 > I could have completely omitted the camcontrol value-add, ... what we had= already > was sufficient enough to describe disks. >=20 > It was only upon Allan's testing that he noticed that the labels could be= ... better ;D >=20 > So I went scrounging for something that could supersede the description o= f a `da0' > that would satisfy Allan, and I found it in camcontrol -- his testing con= firmed. >=20 > I don't know if he was using a kernel enhanced with CAM through custom co= nfiguration > or if he was using everything stock... and I could ask him... but it appe= ared to be working >=20 I asked Allan about that, and this was his response... AJ> Stock 9 and 10 use CAM by default. In 8.x camcontrol is there, but the AJ> regular SATA disks do not show up if you do camcontrol devlist, because AJ> they are the old style (ad4) instead of the new cam style (ada0) etc. AJ>=20 AJ> So worst case, you get a blank output from camcontrol devlist --=20 Devin _____________ The information contained in this message is proprietary and/or confidentia= l. If you are not the intended recipient, please: (i) delete the message an= d all copies; (ii) do not disclose, distribute or use the message in any ma= nner; and (iii) notify the sender immediately. In addition, please be aware= that any message addressed to our domain is subject to archiving and revie= w by persons other than the intended recipient. Thank you.
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