Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2011 11:49:18 +0100 (BST) From: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> 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: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1104241148410.36270@fledge.watson.org> 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:
>> ==============================================================================
>> --- 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?
If this is true, that's what our installer needs to do. Does our installer do
that?
(In general, a reasonable definition of "preferred" is "what the installer
does" -- if that's not the case, it's a serious bug.)
Robert
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