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Am 23.04.2013 09:44, schrieb Alexander Motin:

> Let me disagree. bootverbose keeps dmesg readable for average user,
> while quirks are specific driver workarounds and their names may confuse
> more then really help. If every driver print its quirks, dmesg would be
> two times bigger. There is bootverbose for it.

quirks print hardware shortcomings that FreeBSD is working around, it is
useful both to reassure users that FreeBSD is aware of the issues as
well as give them a hint not to buy the same hardware if the quirks have
too severe an impact (like NCQ unusable).