Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 08:36:51 -0600 From: Scott Long <scottl@freebsd.org> To: "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dell CERC controller in 4.10 but not 5.2.1? Message-ID: <40F3F383.3090905@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20040713135656.GC21962@eddie.nitro.dk> References: <F7494AFE40DDF6B3C5AA166A@[192.168.2.30]> <20040713135656.GC21962@eddie.nitro.dk>
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Simon L. Nielsen wrote: > On 2004.07.13 09:17:34 -0400, Bryan Fullerton wrote: > >>I've noticed that the aac driver in 4.10-RELEASE-p2 includes support for >>the Dell CERC SATA controller, but the aac driver in 5.2.1-RELEASE-p8 does >>not. Is this because changes elsewhere in the kernel break CERC support in >>5.x, or has it just not been backported from -CURRENT to 5.x-RELEASE? > > > It's simply because 4.10 was released after 5.2, and the new device ID's > were added to -CURRENT after 5.2 was released, and then MFC'ed to > -STABLE before 4.10. They will be in 5.3, when that is released. > You are correct. > >>Can I >>just add the line for the CERC controller to aac_pci.c in 5.x >>and expect it to work? > > > Most likely yes, but I haven't tried, so I'm not sure. > Correct, it will work. Scott
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