From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 28 14:56:07 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F6721065670 for ; Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:56:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org) Received: from asbnvacz-mailrelay01.megapath.net (asbnvacz-mailrelay01.megapath.net [207.145.128.243]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E0C08FC08 for ; Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:56:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail7.sea5.speakeasy.net (mail7.sea5.speakeasy.net [69.17.117.52]) by asbnvacz-mailrelay01.megapath.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8399CA70017 for ; Mon, 28 Nov 2011 09:56:06 -0500 (EST) Received: (qmail 11033 invoked from network); 28 Nov 2011 14:56:05 -0000 Received: by simscan 1.4.0 ppid: 1119, pid: 8289, t: 0.1565s scanners: clamav: 0.88.2/m:52/d:13513 Received: from unknown (HELO be-well.ilk.org) ([66.92.78.145]) (envelope-sender ) by mail7.sea5.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 28 Nov 2011 14:56:05 -0000 Received: by be-well.ilk.org (Postfix, from userid 1147) id CA9F75645F; Mon, 28 Nov 2011 09:56:04 -0500 (EST) From: Lowell Gilbert To: bf1783@gmail.com References: <44ehwt5r9g.fsf@lowell-desk.lan> Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 09:56:04 -0500 In-Reply-To: (b. f.'s message of "Sun, 27 Nov 2011 23:23:56 +0000") Message-ID: <44ehwsthx7.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.3 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "options atapicam" and/or "device ATA_CAM" in kernel config? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:56:07 -0000 "b. f." writes: > The handbook does contain some oblique and scattered references to the > new code, or at least to constructs that are common to both the old > and the new code, but the addition of a brief discussion of the > differences between the new and old ATA code in the handbook -- i.e., > the kernel and userland components that are now obsolete, and their > replacements -- might be of some help to users. The primary author of > the new code did add some material to various notes and manpages, but > he has been very busy writing and debugging code, and English is not > his first language, so others will have to supplement his efforts. > Perhaps you could ask for some additions on the freebsd-doc mailing > list? I started writing some additions as soon as I noticed the issue. They won't be sufficient, since I don't yet have a 9.x system, but they'll be a start.