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Date:      Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:49:15 +0200
From:      Alexander Motin <mav@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Nenhum_de_Nos <matheus@eternamente.info>
Cc:        FreeBSD-Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD 8.0 Performance (at Phoronix)
Message-ID:  <4B153AFB.7070100@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <mailpost.1259681934.8487606.67063.mailing.freebsd.current@FreeBSD.cs.nctu.edu.tw>
References:  <4B153498.8050601@FreeBSD.org> <mailpost.1259681934.8487606.67063.mailing.freebsd.current@FreeBSD.cs.nctu.edu.tw>

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Nenhum_de_Nos wrote:
> to make use of all this new stuff I need to run HEAD ? as former HEAD was born recently as 8.0R and the new stuff in it is big compared to 7.x, I'd like to use it from RELENG_8. is this possible ?

You need to run recent 8-STABLE and load ahci kernel module. It is not
included into default GENERIC kernel yet, due to work in progress.
8.0-RELEASE also includes some of that code, but on much earlier
development stage.

> my hardware would be NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI motherboard and Seagate ES.2 disks.

OK. Make sure that you have AHCI SATA mode enabled in BIOS.

-- 
Alexander Motin



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