Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2013 14:32:42 -0700 From: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> To: Alexander Motin <mav@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Any objections/comments on axing out old ATA stack? Message-ID: <20130327213242.GA67876@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <51536306.5030907@FreeBSD.org> References: <51536306.5030907@FreeBSD.org>
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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. > Does anybody have good ideas why we should not drop > it now? Because it works? -- Steve
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