Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2011 01:50:19 +0100 From: Gary Jennejohn <gljennjohn@googlemail.com> To: George Kontostanos <gkontos.mail@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD-Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ahci in FreeBSD 9 Message-ID: <20111202015019.43f4e2a0@ernst.jennejohn.org> In-Reply-To: <CA%2BdUSyoRneTv7mzKVCX0EvgEkkhKUi3XbMr9A17pg=QkViB5iA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CA%2BdUSyoRneTv7mzKVCX0EvgEkkhKUi3XbMr9A17pg=QkViB5iA@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, 1 Dec 2011 21:31:18 +0200 George Kontostanos <gkontos.mail@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > From my understanding as of 20110424 revision device ahci has been > integrated into kernel: > > ---------------- > It is possible to load devices ahci, ata, siis and mvs as modules, but > option ATA_CAM should remain in kernel configuration to make ata > module work as CAM driver supporting legacy ATA controllers. Device > ata still can be used in modular fashion > ....... > No kernel config options or code have been removed, so if a problem > arises, please report it and optionally revert to the old ATA stack. > In order to do it you can remove from the kernel config: > options ATA_CAM > device ahci > ---------------- > > Does this mean that loading ahci in loader.conf is useless ? > No, I load mine from there. It's not necessary to have "device ahci" in your kernel config file since the module will be generated and installed by default. This is what I have makeoptions MODULES_OVERRIDE="ahci linux linprocfs msdosfs pseudofs" ... #device ahci so it's obvious that I'm using only the module. -- Gary Jennejohn
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