On 2011/12/03 at 10:51, Rob <[email protected]> wrote: > > I was getting ready to install the latest FreeBSD 9-RCs image, and I > found that 9 now defaults to using the ahci driver for sata disks. > This would be great if it weren't for the fact that the ahci driver > seems to do dynamic device name assignment as opposed to the static > ones used with the older drivers. > > I've looked around on google and while this is mentioned (in old > threads), the "solution" is to use labels or elaborate mapping via > hints which really aren't solutions imo. If I have 15 disks in an > array, I want to be able to label them and know which bay is which > device name. If I have to replace a drive, I have no idea what dynamic > device name it will have when it comes time to partition (and label, > if I were using that). I could probably figure it out by looking at > what disks are used on the system, but that's more work that it really > should be.
It seems AHCI driver uses static naming policies if you have 'options ATA_STATIC_ID' in your kernel configuration. Anyway, I just have one SATA disk, which the system recognizes as 'ada4'. I don't know whether this will apply in your case. > > Is there a way to use the ahci driver and get static device names? > > Rob > ................ -- The first page the author turns to upon receiving an advance copy will be the page containing the worst error. _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
