Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2013 14:38:05 -0700 From: Freddie Cash <fjwcash@gmail.com> To: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Cc: Alexander Motin <mav@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD-Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Any objections/comments on axing out old ATA stack? Message-ID: <CAOjFWZ6COgx6dB40PHv4Kq0LYd8jKYwYAs8aN-9Y8XHkG4av%2Bw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20130327213242.GA67876@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> References: <51536306.5030907@FreeBSD.org> <20130327213242.GA67876@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
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On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 2:32 PM, Steve Kargl < sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> wrote: > On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 11:22:14PM +0200, Alexander Motin wrote: > > Hi. > > > > Since FreeBSD 9.0 we are successfully running on the new CAM-based ATA > > stack, using only some controller drivers of old ata(4) by having > > `options ATA_CAM` enabled in all kernels by default. I have a wish to > > drop non-ATA_CAM ata(4) code, unused since that time from the head > > branch to allow further ATA code cleanup. > > > > Does any one here still uses legacy ATA stack (kernel explicitly built > > without `options ATA_CAM`) for some reason, for example as workaround > > for some regression? > > Yes, I use the legacy ATA stack. > > You're missing the reason for why you're running the old ATA stack. Do you have hardware that doesn't work with ATA_CAM? Have you not tried ATA_CAM on that box? Some other reason? -- Freddie Cash fjwcash@gmail.com
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