Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2011 05:25:00 -0500 (CDT) From: Dan Mack <mack@macktronics.com> To: Alexander Best <arundel@freebsd.org> Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, Alexander Motin <mav@FreeBSD.org>, src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r220983 - head Message-ID: <20110424051747.S1757@coco.macktronics.com> In-Reply-To: <20110424095736.GA92492@freebsd.org> References: <201104240923.p3O9N8QG025386@svn.freebsd.org> <20110424095736.GA92492@freebsd.org>
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On Sun, 24 Apr 2011, Alexander Best wrote: > On Sun Apr 24 11, Alexander Motin wrote: >> Author: mav >> Date: Sun Apr 24 09:23:08 2011 >> New Revision: 220983 >> URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/220983 >> >> Log: >> Explicitly note that device numbers are starting from zero. >> >> Modified: >> head/UPDATING >> >> Modified: head/UPDATING >> ============================================================================== >> --- head/UPDATING Sun Apr 24 08:58:58 2011 (r220982) >> +++ head/UPDATING Sun Apr 24 09:23:08 2011 (r220983) >> @@ -28,8 +28,9 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 9. >> removed and replaced by respective CAM drivers. If you are using >> ATA device names in /etc/fstab or other places, make sure to update >> them respectively (adX -> adaY, acdX -> cdY, afdX -> daY, astX -> saY, >> - where 'Y's are the sequential numbers for each type in order of >> - detection, unless configured otherwise with tunables, see cam(4)). >> + where 'Y's are the sequential numbers starting from zero for each type >> + in order of detection, unless configured otherwise with tunables, >> + see cam(4)). > > maybe an extra sentence mentioning the fact that {geom,ufs}-labels and ufsids > are preferred over device nodes nowadays would be a good idea? > > cheers. > alex For those of us using a ZFS root pool built out of /dev/gpt/ devices, will these automagically pick up the new names? Dan
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