On Sunday 05 March 2006 22:24, Duane Whitty wrote: > On Sunday 05 March 2006 17:31, Kris > > Kennaway wrote: > > On Sun, Mar 05, 2006 at 05:12:36PM > > -0400, Duane Whitty wrote: > > > On Saturday 04 March 2006 17:30, > > > Kris > > > > > > Kennaway wrote: > > > > On Sat, Mar 04, 2006 at > > > > 05:26:37PM > > > > > > -0400, Duane Whitty wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > Just wondering if anyone has > > > > > any information/opinion as to > > > > > why device atapicam is not > > > > > enabled by default in the > > > > > GENERIC kernel. > > > > > > > > It's not an appropriate default, > > > > since it modifies the way the ata > > > > subsystem works in ways the > > > > maintainer does not wish to > > > > support, > > > > > > Sorry, but do you mean the ata > > > subsystem maintainer or the > > > atapicam maintainer? > > > > The former. > > > > > Is atapicam part of the base? > > > > Yes. > > > > > I was > > > under the impression it implements > > > an abstracted SCSI interface over > > > the ata device subsystem but maybe > > > I'm not adequately understanding > > > what's really happening. > > > > As the name suggests, it provides a > > CAM front-end to the devices, which > > is the same front-end used by the > > SCSI devices, so tools that expect to > > use CAM can work on the ATA devices > > too. > > Ah, ok -- CAM -- common access method. > I'm getting this > > > > Just an observation but it seems as > > > though there is a great deal of use > > > being made of the atapicam > > > subsystem. I noticed for instance > > > that in addition to /dev/cd0 that > > > /dev/pass0 and /dev/da0 also did > > > not show up until I rebuilt with > > > atapicam or did I just miss them? > > > > The equivalent devices have different > > names under atapicam than ata, but > > why do you think they are necessary? > > because I misunderstood what umass > needed and I inappropriately > generalized on the basis of one port > (k3b) > > > > Unless I'm wrong doesn't this mean > > > that usb drives and those types of > > > devices need the atapicam > > > subsystem? > > > > I suspect you're wrong. > > > > Kris > > Hi, > > Thanks Kris. Your suspicions were > correct. I was wrong. I re-read the > man pages for da, pass, and umass, and > nowhere did it say I needed atapicam. > So thanks for pointing me in the right > direction. > > I rebooted with the GENERIC kernel, > plugged in my usb memory device, and > everything worked great. > > The k3b port required this and I suppose > I generalized when I should not have. > > Again, much thanks. > > --Duane > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
This reminds me to ask: I have ATAPICAM enable in my kernal, specifically so that k3b can find my dvd+rw ... but no cd* devives appear in /dev, and k3b cannot find anything no matter where I tell it to look .. I must be overlooking something, but what? -- Sure God created the world in only six days, but He didn't have an established userbase. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
