Date: Sat, 22 May 2010 21:01:13 -0700 From: Doug Hardie <bc979@lafn.org> To: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: atapicam issues Message-ID: <9EA21187-5E9F-4E86-8B82-53EC73DD8410@lafn.org> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTinouqUZsWYbBe57pTCyNNFYhToPborySD7pr_iX@mail.gmail.com> References: <6D48A7EF-6412-4084-A334-970D3D50A013@lafn.org> <AANLkTinouqUZsWYbBe57pTCyNNFYhToPborySD7pr_iX@mail.gmail.com>
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On 22 May 2010, at 20:47, Adam Vande More wrote: > On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 10:20 PM, Doug Hardie <bc979@lafn.org> wrote: > I have 2 systems running 8.0 installed from the same CD. One of them = shows 2 PASS devices as expected and camcontrol devlist shows the = appropriate devices. They work as expected. >=20 > The other does not show any PASS devices and camcontrol devlist shows = nothing. Doing a kldload atapicam installs the PASS devices and then = camcontrol works properly. Why would that system require atapicam to be = manually added? That module was not loaded on the working system. I = installed it there first by accident but it had no detrimental effect. >=20 > I don't find any reference to atapi or atapicam in the various rc = files._______________________________________________ >=20 > atapicam is loaded from /boot/loader.conf as most hardware kernel mods = are. AFAIK, something would have needed to changed on your working = system the behavior you report. Perhaps you followed the handbook's = instructions about cd burning long ago and forgot you edited the config? >=20 >=20 > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/creating-cds.html Both machines were installed from the same CD over old Windows systems. = They were installed within a few days of each other. loader.conf only = has "console=3Dcomconsole". Reading through the handbook page above it = indicates that atapicam needs to be loaded in /boot/loader.conf. I'll = add that to both machines. Makes me wonder why the one worked. kldstat = showed it was not loaded.=
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