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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
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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

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